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Show The Importance Of Opposition The cardinal principal of American government, the two party system, has been injected into Roosevelt's political veins, and with the administering of the stimulant a new enthusiasm over civic affairs has been . aroused. Opinions will differ, and fresh issues may be tossed into the ring before the November Novem-ber municipal election; discussions discus-sions will even become heated, damentals of American poli-damentals poli-damentals " of Americanism politics poli-tics is the best thing that's happened hap-pened to Roosevelt in some little time. There is the thought, prevalent preva-lent among a minority, that an opposition party has no place in the great scheme of city affairs; that an opposition party can be nothing excqpt a hodge-podge of unstable characters, not fitted fit-ted socially or financially to oppose op-pose what has been done, what is being done or what will be done. This attitude is wrong, it is unfair, it is un-American, but thank heaven it is the opinion of only a. minority. Danger does not lie in opposition, opposi-tion, but in the lack of it. Hence far sighted, earnest citizens will see to it that constructive opposition oppo-sition has a part in civic administration. admin-istration. The word constructive construc-tive is used without reservation for a difference, to be of value, must have its basis in logic rather rath-er than in sentiment. Unity of purpose has never suffered from opposition, for it is and always will be differences of opinion that steer effort toward to-ward the safe harbor of national, state ox community development. develop-ment. Opposite views result, ultimately, ul-timately, in the blue printing of concrete plans without which progress is barricaded. |
