1.   But it is the means by which these desirable ends are to be achieved that must shock and dismay.

2.   Face-to-face situations provide the context, objectives spell out the desirable end and behaviours are the means.

3.   It is just that so many desirable ends are incompatible.

4.   The reality is that party platforms are considerably more complex, with choices between desirable ends deliberately obscured.

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

6.   Desirable ends are not always compatible with each other.

7.   The desirable ends that we pursue are not one but many.

8.   This is not my idea of a desirable end.