“[T]he end cannot justify the means; but if there are no other means, and the end is necessary...”

“The end did not justify the means, but justifiable means that brought about a fair and necessary conclusion were not to be dismissed.”

“The end cannot justify the means, for the simple and obvious reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced.”

“The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.”

“It is not a matter of ends justifying means: but of the creation of new means and new ends.”

“You think the end justifies the means, however vile. I tell you: the end is the means by which you achieve it. Today's step is tomorrow's life. Great ends cannot be attained by base means. You've proved that in all your social upheavals. The meanness and inhumanity of the means make you mean and inhuman and make the end unattainable.”