The end cannot justify the means, for the simple reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced.

  • -- Aldous Huxley 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎

目的不能证明手段是正当的,因为所使用的手段决定了所产生的目的的性质。

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I think we need to get the measurements that Congress has mandated from the White House on how we're going to determine progress in Afghanistan.

我认为,我们需要得到国会授权白宫就我们如何确定阿富汗的进展做出的衡量。

The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.

关键是要试着证明书上的每一个字都是正确的,并确保我的角色就是那个会这么说的人。

Will you stand by it now, or will you let the Shylocks come and have their way? It is for you to determine.

你现在是站在它的旁边呢,还是让夏洛克来走他们的路呢?这由你来决定。

Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.

我们常常认为我们可以不解释就采取行动,不为自己的决定辩护就做出决定。