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If the ends don't justify the means, what does?

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

We live in a world where everyone thinks they do the right thing, so they are entitled to do the wrong thing. So ends can justify the means.

Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic or political ends which are not really ends in themselves but means to other ends which in their turn are means and so ad infinitum.

I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy.

Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.