Ends Quote by Thomas Jefferson

The right to use a thing comprehends a right to the means necessary to its use, and without which it would be useless.

— Thomas Jefferson

A right to property is founded in our natural wants, in the means with which we are endowed to satisfy these wants, and the…

— Thomas Jefferson

The end does not justify the means. No one's rights can be secured by the violation of the rights of others.

— Ayn Rand

We live in a world where everyone thinks they do the right thing, so they are entitled to do the wrong thing. So ends…

— Alex Gibney

A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified.

— Leon Trotsky

The right to do something doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

— Michael Steele

Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one's rights into reality, to think,…

— Ayn Rand

All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.

— Aristotle

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

— William Safire

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.

— Ramsey Clark

If the end does not justify the means - what can?

— Edward Abbey

The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be considered a right.

— Paul Farmer