The end must justify the means.
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Hans Carvel (1700).Matthew Prior
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Exitus acta probat. (The ends justify the means.)
Ignatius of Loyola
A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified. (Also quoted as "The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.")
Leon Trotsky
64: Often it is means that justify ends: Goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.
Alan Perlis
Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces.
Richard Perle
People find it easy to justify their frustration in the struggle to manipulate others, but find it hard to justify the struggle for their own growth.
Eugene J. Martin
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