VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-09-04
“The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.”
Leon Trotsky · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-04
The article quotes Trotsky explaining that the end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
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