"So you're actually willing to murder me, to gain what you think are desirable ends."

It is just that so many desirable ends are incompatible.

"That increasing the Guard's power is a desirable end in itself."

Rarely had two great leaders toiled toward a more desirable end.

What citizens expect above all of governments is that they should achieve desirable ends.

This hardly seems the most feasible means to that desirable end.

"How do you plan to achieve those very desirable ends? "

In this framework, power is not only a desirable end, but also a natural attribute of powerful people.

The question is whether a politician works effectively for desirable ends.

That part of Leahampton was known to house agents as the least desirable end.