Saul Alinsky Quotes About Ethics
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One’s concern with the ethics of means and ends varies inversely with one’s personal interest in the issue.
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The seventh rule of the ethics of means and ends is that generally success or failure is a mighty determinant of ethics. The judgment of history leans heavily on the outcome of success or failure; it spells the difference between the traitor and the patriotic hero. There can be no such thing as a successful traitor, for if one succeeds he becomes a founding father.
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The ninth rule of the ethics of means and ends is that any effective means is automatically judged by the opposition as being unethical.
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The third rule of ethics of means and ends is that in war the end justifies almost any means.
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