They were only necessary in the past. Never in the present of future. Now you must always comply with every state as though their rule of law is just and paramount.

This is how it’s always been, in every society and generation. The status quo is always upheld as the common good until it is not.

The ends justify the means. Not an excuse to abandon morality. A lesson in the order of political operations.

The means are never justified until the end.