Expressive ties predominate in primary groups; we view the people as ends in themselves and valuable in their own right.

情感纽带在初级社会群体中起主导作用；我们认为，这一群体的人通常依靠他们自己实现目的，并且凭借自身的实力体现自我价值。

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Market mechanisms are simply means, not ends in themselves.

市场机制是只是手段，本身不是目的。

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Taking them as ends in themselves, no matter how this is done, will delay progress.

把它们本身当作目标，无论怎样去达成它们，都会延误进步。

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"Our mission in Afghanistan ends when the Afghans are capable to secure and run their country themselves.

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There comes a point where rules cease to promote safety or efficiency and become ends in themselves.

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In short, naval arms control is an excellent example of the degree to which weapons limitation or reduction agreements have become ends in themselves.

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The answer, historically, has come from organizations devoted to solving conflicts or protecting the rule of law as ends in themselves, who often try to remind donors of the economic dividends of their work.

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