Robert S. McNamaraIn order to do good, you may have to engage in evil
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In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil. This quote is said to remind us that we must not do evil in order to do good. Doing something bad just for the sake of doing it is a negative action. This is the opposite of what the quote is saying.
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