"The Ninth Rule of the ethics of means and ends is that any effective means is automatically judged by the opposition …"

"It is the principle of antipathy which leads us to speak of offences as deserving punishment. It is the corresponding…"

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

"A man wants to earn money in order to be happy, and his whole effort and the best of a life are devoted to the earnin…"

"Does the end justify the means? That is possible. But what will justify the end? To that question, which historical t…"

"The means, it is said, will be justified by the end; but it is the means which define it, and if it is contradicted a…"

"Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem, in my opinion, to characterize our age."

"He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end."

"Consequentialism says that consequences—"results," as a pragmatist might say—are the only things that ultimately matt…"

"To say that corrupt means corrupt the ends is to believe in the immaculate conception of ends and principles."