“You can’t be right by doing wrong; you can’t be wrong by doing right.”
-Thomas S. Monson
Reflection:
I think that there are different ways to look at this. Although, universally, this would usually be believed as correct, I'm sure there are instances which are exempt from this quote. I remember watching an anime called "Death Note", where a man used a notebook with mysterious powers to kill criminals all around the world. He had a noble purpose, but the way he went about fulfilling his purpose was wrong. You can be right by doing wrong, just as you can be wrong by doing right, but it depends on the situation, not about the intent, but about looking out for the greater good. If doing something wrong benefits mankind, wouldn't we do it? If doing something right led to the downfall of us all, is it still right? There was a quote I once heard, "The good of the many outweighs the good of the one", and I think it can apply to this.
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