Meaning of the end justifies the means in English
the end justifies the means
Examples of the end justifies the means
the end justifies the means
It is a case, if ever there was one, where the end justifies the means.
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We face a potential enemy who, if it pays him, will stop at nothing and for whom the end justifies the means.
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It cannot be right to say that the end justifies the means.
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In circumstances such as those we face, there will be areas where people will have to look to see whether the end justifies the means.
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Often the view is taken that the end justifies the means.
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They believe—and they state it quite openly in their materialist philosophy—that the end justifies the means.
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No one said that the end justifies the means or that the demands of medical research and science are paramount.
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They defined a just war as a war in which the end justifies the means.
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That smacks of the argument that the end justifies the means, an approach that is unacceptable to the overwhelming majority.
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There is an old expression: the end justifies the means.
I utterly object to the principle that the end justifies the means.
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They imagine that the end justifies the means and that the means are sanctified by the glorious end that they seek.
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It is said that the end justifies the means and that it is necessary for the better enjoyment of human life.
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It is the old doctrine that the end justifies the means.
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For each group, the end justifies the means.
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