The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, and so there is no end to suffering.
The end must justify the means.
But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.
The end cannot justify the means for the simple and obvious reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced.
A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified
If the end doesn't justify the means, what does?
Life's not black-and-white. Sometimes the ends justifies the means.
A Warrior knows that the ends do not justify the means. Because there are no ends, there are only means…
The idea that the ends of government justify the means employed, was worked into system by Machiavelli.
The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.