Quotes about End Justifying the Means

The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end. Votes: 2

The ends must justify the means. Votes: 1

If the end does not justify the means - what can? Votes: 1

The end doesn't justify anything, because all we ever live with is the means. Votes: 1

I believe that it is an unchanging value of democracy that ends cannot justify the means in politics. Votes: 1

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. Votes: 1

I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy. Votes: 1

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods. Votes: 1

We live in a world where everyone thinks they do the right thing, so they are entitled to do the wrong thing. So ends can justify the means. Votes: 1

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means. Votes: 1

People who lie, particularly those who lie really big, can't do it effectively unless they feel that there's a righteous power behind what they're doing. You're entitled to lie because the end justifies the means. Votes: 1

To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution. Votes: 1

When we go to war, our politicians will be guided by our popular will. And if we believe that torture 'got' bin Laden, then we will be more prone to accept the view that a good 'end' can justify brutal 'means.' Votes: 1

The old way of doing 'good business' was based on the principle, 'the ends justifies the means.' In the future, good business will invoke 'the means justifying the ends.' The E P&L can already serve as an important tool to help this shift in commerce from generating profits with collateral damages to profits with collateral benefits. Votes: 1

For me, the perfect romantic suspense hero has got to be tough on the outside but tender at his core. A take-charge kind of guy who has his own inner strength and a strong sense of right and wrong - which might not dovetail with the conventional wisdom. I mean, he might bend the law if he thinks the ends justify the means. Votes: 1

The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end. Votes: 0

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods Votes: 0