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Ten thousand ways that will not work

27 November 2017

12:32 PM

27 November 2017

12:32 PM

I have not failed 10,000 times. I have successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work — Thomas Edison

The above words are very applicable to conservative Australia in November 2017. Although we have only tried a handful of ways of making our weight felt in political and social life, it’s enough to point very clearly to what definitely won’t win the immense battles we have ahead of us.

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