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Philosophical literature2 quotes
The end justifies the means. — Hermann Busenbaum · 1650The end cannot justify the means, for the simple and obvious reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced. — Aldous Huxley · 1937Political literature2 quotes
A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified. — Leon Trotsky · 1938It is the object only of war that makes it honorable. And if there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engaged. — Thomas Paine · 1778Comedy (play)1 quote
To do a great right, do a little wrong. — William Shakespeare · 1598Historical literature1 quote
As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy. — Christopher Dawson · 1942Religious literature1 quote
The end justifies the means. — Hermann Busenbaum · 1650Tragedy (play)1 quote
I must be cruel only to be kind. — William Shakespeare · 1616