The idea of self-reliance is important to me, and that is echoed, in my way of thinking, by a conservative approach to politics.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My focus has always been: I can be an incredibly conservative, principled idea person, but that doesn't mean I have to shout at people.
Being self-supporting is important to me.
I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct).
One of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance.
Self-reliance - that's a dirty word to Democrats. They want people to believe that self-reliance means you don't do anything with anybody. They don't want it thought of as accepting responsibility for one's life. Enterprise. Imagination. Independence. Entrepreneurism.
I keep my political views to myself.
People who truly understand what is meant by self-reliance know they must live their lives by ethics rather than rules.
It's really important, whether you're a conservative or a liberal, to always challenge the conventional wisdom, which is what I've tried to do in all my work.
I look back upon my Liberal political beliefs with a sort of wonder - as another exercise in self-involvement - rewarding myself for some superiority I could not logically describe.
There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.