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Morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary to achieve morally right outcomes; actions can only be considered morally right or wrong by virtue of the morality of the outcome.

morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary

Arabic: الغايَة تبرر الوسيلَة
Catalan: els fins justifiquen els mitjans
Chinese:
Mandarin: 只要目的正當，可以不擇手段, 只要目的正当，可以不择手段 ‎(zhǐyào mùdì zhèngdàng, kěyǐ bùzéshǒuduàn)
Czech: účel světí prostředky
Danish: målet helliger midlet
Dutch: het doel heiligt de middelen
Finnish: tarkoitus pyhittää keinot
French: la fin justifie les moyens (fr)
Georgian: მიზანი ამართლებს საშუალებას (ka) ‎(mizani amartlebs sašualebas)
German: der Zweck heiligt die Mittel (de)
Greek: ο σκοπός αγιάζει τα μέσα (el) ‎(o skopós agiázei ta mésa)
Hebrew: המטרה מקדשת את האמצעים (he) ‎(Hamatara Mekadeshet et Ha'emtza'im)
Hungarian: a cél szentesíti az eszközt (hu)
Icelandic: tilgangurinn helgar meðalið (is)

Italian: il fine giustifica i mezzi
Japanese: 目的のためには手段を選ばない ‎(mokuteki no tame ni wa shudan o erabanai), うそも方便 ‎(うそもほうべん, uso mo hōben)
Korean: 목적이 수단을 정당화한다. ‎(Mokjeogi sudaneul jeongdanghwahanda.)
Latin: exitus acta probat
Macedonian: целта ги оправдува средствата ‎(celta gi opravduva sredstvata)
Norwegian: målet helliggjør midlene
Polish: cel uświęca środki (pl)
Portuguese: os fins justificam os meios
Russian: цель опра́вдывает сре́дства (ru) ‎(celʹ oprávdyvajet srédstva)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ци̑љ опра̀вда̄ва̄ срѐдство

Roman: cȋlj opràvdāvā srèdstvo
Slovak: účel svätí prostriedky
Spanish: el fin justifica los medios
Swedish: ändamålet helgar medlen