Editing Liam Cosgrave (section)

===Opposition===
Cosgrave remained active in opposition. He privately supported Fianna Fáil's [[Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1958|referendum to abolish the system of proportional representation]] in June 1959, which was defeated.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GXV-HFnk_9wC&dq=liam+cosgrave+proportional+representation&pg=PA81|title=Referendums Around the World: The Growing Use of Direct Democracy|first=Austin|last=Ranney|date=2 December 1994|publisher=American Enterprise Institute|isbn=9780844738536|via=Google Books|access-date=2 December 2021|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202012612/https://books.google.com/books?id=GXV-HFnk_9wC&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=liam+cosgrave+proportional+representation&source=bl&ots=JHJlbja7hU&sig=ACfU3U2A7JbiJhRxsszumEVvEq0bX-E7dA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjG2-7y-cP0AhXXjIkEHaNDB0oQ6AF6BAgTEAM#v=onepage&q=liam+cosgrave+proportional+representation&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> This opposition was to count against him later that year in the leadership contest. In October 1959, the dual leadership of Fine Gael, Mulcahy and Costello, stood down. Costello wanted to continue his practice as a [[senior counsel]] as well as being a leader. He had asked Cosgrave to be his "managing director" in the Dáil while he was absent on legal work, which had declined to do.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Jody |last=Corcoran |url=https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/cosgraves-death-is-a-reminder-cut-any-of-us-and-we-bleed-fine-gael-or-fianna-fail-36206688.html |date=25 October 2017 |title=Cosgrave's death is a reminder: cut any of us and we bleed Fine Gael or Fianna Fail |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=2 December 2021 |archive-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202024552/https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/cosgraves-death-is-a-reminder-cut-any-of-us-and-we-bleed-fine-gael-or-fianna-fail-36206688.html |url-status=live }}</ref> James Dillon and Cosgrave contested the leadership with Dillon decisively being elected as leader. With Fine Gael in opposition during the 1960s, an internal struggle for the policy direction of the party was beginning. A large body of members called on Fine Gael to move decisively towards social democracy. A set of eight principles known as the ''Just Society'' was put forward to the party leadership by [[Declan Costello]], the son of John A. Costello. The principles called for higher state spending on health and social welfare with a greater state role in the economy. Despite his conservative credentials, Cosgrave adopted a somewhat positive attitude to the Just Society document. Fianna Fáil went on to win the [[1965 Irish general election|1965 general election]] and Fine Gael remained in opposition.