the end does not justify the means.... what is your opinion on this?

I certainly agree with this saying. The end will never justify the means. In this saying, it simply means that in order to achieve or gain something, the process in gaining really matters. Like for example, one wants to get rich. What he does is, he went into robbery. He gets away with it. As a result, he gets richer. By his getting richer, he will never get the justification for his actions. Neither will he be able to get the respect of the people around him. It is because the manner by which he was able to acquire his wealth was wrong. So his riches would never justify that his actions were correct. Sooner or later, life is going to catch up on him, and he will have to pay for it one way or another.

I am with you on this. Whatever the reason is we should do it in a right way and do the right thing. Why steal when you can work for it etc? Most of the time people tend to commit the wrong doing when they need something in emergency or in a short time. They say its all about the heart, they are doing good so in order to do it they need to do the wrong first. We got choices and if there are good ways to achieve and get it then do it through it. I believe there is always a good way to make and do something without do the bad.

chiyosan: This is a famous topic. People always apply two yard sticks --one for self and one for others. I believe in doing things as per rules with minor variations to suit circumstances. It is because nothing in the world is fully perfect. Nothing is fully imperfect. In relation to government deals we must try to conform to rules largely.