You must promise me. You can't desire the end without desiring the mea…

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You must promise me. You can't desire the end without desiring the means.' Ah, but one can, he thought, one can: one can desire the peace of victory without desiring the ravaged towns. ✨ Graham Greene (1951). The heart of the matter
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