Herbert Hoover: "Rugged Individualism" Campaign Speech - Milestone Documents

Herbert Hoover: “Rugged Individualism” Campaign Speech

( 1928 ) Commentary by Tom Lansford, University of Southern Mississippi
  • “Liberalism should be found not striving to spread bureaucracy but striving to set bounds to it.” - “Rugged Individualism” Campaign Speech
  • “The very essence of equality of opportunity and of American individualism is that there shall be no domination by any group or combination in this republic, whether it be business or political. On the contrary, it demands economic justice as well as political and social justice.” - “Rugged Individualism” Campaign Speech
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