The ninth rule of the ethics of means and ends is that any effective means is automatically judged by the opposition as being unethical. (Saul Alinsky)

The ninth rule of the ethics of means and ends is that any effective means is automatically judged by the opposition as being unethical.

Saul Alinsky

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