Rugged Individualist Ideal

An advocate of rugged individualism as a social or economic ideal.

Rugged individualist ideal.

Containing the public messages speeches and statements of the president march 4 to december 31 1929. In public papers of the presidents of the united states washington dc. Presidential speech archive miller center university of virginia http. Commentator david bouchier suggests that this is not the moment to pretend to be a rugged individualist.

Individualism is the moral stance political philosophy ideology and social outlook that emphasizes the moral worth of the individual. Rugged individualism derived from individualism is a term that indicates the ideal whereby an individual is totally self reliant and independent from outside usually state or government assistance while the term is often associated with the notion of laissez faire and associated adherents it was actually coined by american president herbert hoover who presided over the emerging great. United states government printing office 1974 p. Individualists promote the exercise of one s goals and desires and so value independence and self reliance and advocate that interests of the individual should achieve precedence over the state or a social group while opposing external interference upon one s.

Rugged individualists bristle at being controlled or managed. Rugged individualists often struggle to see their membership in any group. A hardy self reliant independent person.