not do (any) evil that good may come (out) of it
{not} [do] (any|) harm that good (may|might) (come|result) from
not do (any) evil that good may come (out) of it
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to avoid doing something bad or unethical for the sake of achieving something good
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idiom
informal
Exempel
The activists said they would not do evil that good might come of it, so they rejected violence.
