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A question at the heart of every ethical dilemma. Do the ends justify the means? Do noble goals permit any methods to achieve them. No matter how harsh or unethical? This eternal philosophical struggle revolves around the relationship between actions and outcomes.

Which is more important. **The purity of the path or the greatness of the goal**? In these sayings you will find an exploration of this complex dilemma facing leaders and individuals alike.

Best Quotes about Means And Ends

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: Most of the great results of history are brought a
β€œMost of the great results of history are brought about by discreditable means.”
β€” Ralph Waldo Emerson
⭐ #History#Achievement#Ethics#Means And Ends#Morality#Power
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Quote by William James: Intelligence is a fixed goal with variable means o
β€œIntelligence is a fixed goal with variable means of achieving it.”
β€” William James
⭐ #Intelligence#Achievement#Flexibility#Goals#Means And Ends#Wisdom
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Quote by Mahatma Gandhi: My interest in India's freedom will cease if she a
β€œMy interest in India's freedom will cease if she adopts violent means, for their fruit will not be freedom but slavery in disguise.”
β€” Mahatma Gandhi
⭐ #Freedom#India#Means And Ends#Nonviolence
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Quote by Mahatma Gandhi: Means are not to be distinguished from ends. If vi
β€œMeans are not to be distinguished from ends. If violent means are used, there will be bad results.”
β€” Mahatma Gandhi
⭐ #Means And Ends#Ethics#Morality#Violence
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Quote by Mahatma Gandhi: If we were to drive out the English with the weapo
β€œIf we were to drive out the English with the weapons with which they enslaved us, our slavery would still be with us even when they have gone.”
β€” Mahatma Gandhi
⭐ #Nonviolence#Colonialism#Freedom#Independence#Means And Ends
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Quote by Mahatma Gandhi: Means are ends in the making
β€œMeans are ends in the making”
β€” Mahatma Gandhi
⭐ #Means And Ends#Action#Ethics
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Quote by Mahatma Gandhi: As the means, so the end.
β€œAs the means, so the end.”
β€” Mahatma Gandhi
⭐ #Ethics#Action#Means And Ends
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Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, b
β€œPeace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
β€” Martin Luther King, Jr.
⭐ #Peace#Means And Ends#Process
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Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: I have consistently preached that nonviolence dema
β€œI have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.”
β€” Martin Luther King, Jr.
⭐ #Nonviolence#Ethics#Means And Ends#Morality
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Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: To have peace in the world, men & nations must emb
β€œTo have peace in the world, men & nations must embrace the nonviolent assertion that ends and means must cohere.”
β€” Martin Luther King, Jr.
⭐ #Peace#Ethics#Means And Ends#Nonviolence
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Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: And violence is impractical, because the old eye f
β€œAnd violence is impractical, because the old eye for an eye philosophy ends up leaving everybody blind .. It is immoral because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for everybody. Means and ends are inseparable. The means represent the ideal in the making; in the long run of history destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends.”
β€” Martin Luther King, Jr.
⭐ #Nonviolence#Consequences#Destruction#Means And Ends#Morality#Violence
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Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or
β€œBut now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.”
β€” Martin Luther King, Jr.
⭐ #Morality#Ethics#Means And Ends
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Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: [nonviolence] seeks to secure moral ends through m
β€œ[nonviolence] seeks to secure moral ends through moral means.”
β€” Martin Luther King, Jr.
⭐ #Nonviolence#Means And Ends#Morality
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Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.
β€œMeans we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.”
β€” Martin Luther King, Jr.
⭐ #Ethics#Integrity#Means And Ends#Morality
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Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: You can’t reach good ends through evil means, beca
β€œYou can’t reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.”
β€” Martin Luther King, Jr.
⭐ #Ethics#Consequences#Means And Ends#Morality
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Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: We will never have peace in the world until men ev
β€œWe will never have peace in the world until men everywhere recognize that ends are not cut off from means, because the means represent the ideal in the making, and the end in process, and ultimately you can't reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.”
β€” Martin Luther King, Jr.
⭐ #Means And Ends#Ethics#Morality#Peace
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Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere
β€œIn the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends.”
β€” Martin Luther King, Jr.
⭐ #Means And Ends#Ethics#Morality
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Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche: In art the end does not sanctify the means: but sa
β€œIn art the end does not sanctify the means: but sacred means employed here can sanctify the end.”
β€” Friedrich Nietzsche
⭐ #Art#Ethics#Means And Ends#Morality#Purpose
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Quote by Charles Dickens: Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the
β€œLet no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of honour, on the plausible pretence that he is justified by the goodness of his end. All good ends can be worked out by good means.”
β€” Charles Dickens
⭐ #Ethics#Integrity#Means And Ends#Morality#Principles
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