Sentence examples for optimistic individualism from inspiring English sources
In "Meet the Poor Republicans" (column, May 15), David Brooks tries to explain the puzzling alignment of many poor voters with the Republican camp: "The G.O.P. succeeds because it is seen as the party of optimistic individualism".
The Sun Belt infused the Republican Party with a frontier spirit: the optimistic, free-ranging embrace of individualism and the disdain for big government and regulation.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Britain becomes committed to the promotion of genuine international democracy which the European model represents, then it will still be possible to be optimistic about the eventual triumph of liberalism and individualism.
On the one hand, this is over-optimistic: women are a long way from equal pay, and individualism hardly reigns supreme if a woman can't look her age after 30 and if both spouses feel uncomfortable, as Hochschild shows many do, when the wife earns more than the husband.
Individual persons are the primary bearer of responsibilities (ethical individualism).
"Individualism," she explains.
"It's American individualism.
It's individualism rampant.
Conformity is valued over individualism.
