The end does not justify the means. No one's rights can be secured by …

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The end does not justify the means. No one's rights can be secured by the violation of the rights of others. ✨ Ayn Rand (1988). The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, p.229, Penguin
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