Rugged Individualist Ideal

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

Rugged individualist ideal.

In public papers of the presidents of the united states washington dc. United states government printing office 1974 p. A hardy self reliant independent person. 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.

Presidential speech archive miller center university of virginia http. Also available online from. Individualism is the moral stance political philosophy ideology and social outlook that emphasizes the moral worth of the individual. Rugged individualism is the opposite of collectivism and many rugged individualists view inclusion and consensus building as weaknesses and as unnecessarily complex and slow.

America has always been famous for its individualism the idea that every person should be. Containing the public messages speeches and statements of the president march 4 to december 31 1929. Rugged individualists bristle at being controlled or managed.