the end justifies the means

Meaning

1. bad or unfair methods of doing sth are acceptable if the result of that action is good or positive

In the movies · 4

• You're saying the end always justifies the means?Batman vs. Robin2015
• ...for whom the ends always justify the means.V for Vendetta2006
• Even the most noble ends do not justify any means.Remember Me2010
• "Ends justify means in decisive gangland encounter."Once Upon a Time in America1984

Learn it in full scenes

• V for Vendetta2006
  • V's Opening Monologue
  • V Introduces Himself to Evey
  • Sutler's Cabinet Spins the Explosion

From the same entry

• at the end of the day
• a bad end
• be at the end of
• be at the end of your tether
• be the end
• an end in itself
• the end of the line
• end of story
• end to end
• get your end away
• go to the ends of the earth
• in the end