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The European Union (EU) is a political and economic partnership that represents a unique form of cooperation among sovereign countries. The Union is the latest stage in a process of integration begun after World War II, initially by six Western European countries, to foster interdependence and make another war in Europe unthinkable. Today, the EU is composed of 28 member states, including most of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and has helped to promote peace, stability, and economic prosperity throughout the European continent.
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The phrase means that even if the action was or seems wrong, the outcome or result means it was not really wrong. The phrase strictly, applies to cases where the moral outcome is truly superior to no action. Otherwise the end would not truly justify the means.
The industrial revolution did.
In the beginning, the only perceived difference was that they were not Christians so they wanted to baptize them. After the industrial revolution, the European countries developed rapidly while African and Asian countries didn't and Europeans believed that this was due to their superior race so they decided to colonize them under the pretense that they would help them develop.
