“The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.”
Ursula K. Le Guin book The Lathe of Heaven
Source: The Lathe of Heaven (1971), Chapter 6
“If the end doesn't justify the means, what does?”
Quoted in The Power Broker, p. 218.
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Source: Their Morals and Ours (1938)
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Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
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