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Machiavelli wrote that the ends justify the means in The Prince

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SUPPORTED

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Wikiquote records this as a sourced quotation of Machiavelli. Its sourcing note: Baruch Spinoza, "Political Treatise", Chapter 5

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Baruch Spinoza, "Political Treatise", Chapter 5

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