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Good citizenship is active, aggressive, constructive —r a fulltime job for all of us.
3. The Obligation to Respect
Another obligation of a good citizen is to respect. Tolerance of other people is easy, but it is more difficult to respect people of other rates and creeds or walks ii life to the extent that one is wjjiitg to allow them nil the privileges be himself enjoys.
Genuine respect for the opin- ' ions, rights, and actions of others is not always easy, but is essential in a democracy which includes persons of all races, colors, creeds, and backgrounds.
"to vote is the obligation of every citizen. We express our opinions by voting. It is in this way that we make democracy work and the right to vote our own convictions is the essential difference between a democracy and a dictatorship.
Too many people regard too . lightly this privilege and obligation of citizenship. Evidence of this is reflected by the failure of thousands of qualified voters over a period of many years to exercise the privilege of the ballot box in practically every Statewide election. In the last national election it is estimated that approximately 48 million American citizens failed in this citizenship responsibility. Yet some of these very people are the severest critics of governmental officials and legislative enacements, even though they failed to do something about what they opposed by failure to express themselves at the polls.
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