“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.”

raison d’État f (plural raisons d’État) a state interest, especially when invoked as politically superior to moral or even legal considerations La raison d’État constitue l’excuse parfaite pour tout abus politique […]

raison d’être (plural raisons d’être or raison d’être or raison d’êtres) Reason for being. The claimed reason for the existence of something or someone; the sole or ultimate purpose of […]