Sir: Mr Cosgrave (20 December) indicts the Tory party for
lack of moral concern; he claims that 'it cannot be said that capitalism ever did anything for any nation,' and, alas, he maintains that 'there are no right policies, only right ways of doing things.' Surely capitalism has done more for some countries than socialism ever would have done; and though it may be that by many how a man does things is regarded as more important than what he actually does, may we not hope that occasionally what is done may be the more important?
The essential concern of the Tory party should be with the stature of man. It should ex- pose the doctrine that we are better off if we are all more equal, even if in the process all are diminished. And it should state clearly that, whilst enough must be done, it is possible to do too much for people: that mankind grows in stature with both independence and responsi- bility.
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