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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 32984 |
| QUOTATION: | Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Arthur Koestler (1905–1983), Hungarian-born British author. Extract from Rubashov’s diary, in “The Second Hearing,” ch. 1, Darkness at Noon (1940). |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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