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Australian letters

16 July 2016

9:00 AM

16 July 2016

9:00 AM

True measure

Sir: I prefer Peter Costello’s view of conservatism to that of Michael Davis (Conservative Notes 18 June), that conservatives judge things in terms of outcome, not posture. The true measure of a policy or political action is its consequence, not its intention. The moral vanity of the Left outweighs outcomes for people’s lives and the Left excuses failure because they acted with impeccable intentions.
Minas

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