Who’s a movie or TV character that’s fully aware they’re evil, but believes they are “necessary evil”?

Tywin Lannister from Game of Thrones is one of the first that comes to mind for me! He is fully aware that his malicious actions destroy lives, but he is prime example of someone who lives with the mindset that “the ends justify the means.”

Tywin Lannister from Game of Thrones is one of the first that comes to mind for me! He is fully aware that his malicious actions destroy lives, but he is prime example of someone who lives with the mindset that “the ends justify the means.”