Self-Reliance

"Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes: the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas. It is the source of one of Emerson's most famous quotations: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." This essay is an analysis into the nature of the "aboriginal self on which a universal reliance may be grounded." Emerson emphasizes the importance of individualism and …

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Prospect Foundation · 10 April 2024 English

The previously routine qualification that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) preferred such reunification to be “peaceful” was missing this year, although he did add that the PRC would “promote …

centenary, increased economic and especially tech self-reliance. Picture source: 中 國 政 府 網 , March 11, 2024 April 8, 2024 economic and especially tech self-reliance, and as Premier Li Qiang stated in his work


CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 10 April 2024 English

The concept of CMF comes from China, where the terminology was used to describe comprehensive civil-military coordination to reinforce China’s ambitions of becoming an economic, technological, and military superpower.2 The …

defence production are a push for a degree of self-reliance in which India’s foreign dependence does not Bhatia, “Defense Start-ups and India’s Quest for Self-Reliance,” Carnegie India, September 05, 2023, https://carnegieindia org/2023/09/05/defense-start-ups-and-india-s-quest-for-self-reliance-pub-90474. Accessed on March 25, 2024. 17 Kamal org/2023/09/05/defense-start-ups-and-india-s-quest-for-self-reliance-pub-90474 https://www.iadb.in/2023/09/01/in


Cato Institute · 10 April 2024 English

Writing in National Affairs, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently made the case for a more vigorous--some might even say intrusive--government role in encouraging the development of US manufacturing. Such an …

security, goes the thinking, can only be found in self‐ reliance. But this rests upon questionable logic. Canada national security interests, policies rooted in US self‐ reliance often undermine it. Eschewing more efficient


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 9 April 2024 English

Food security has far-reaching implications for economic stability, public health, social equity, environmental sustainability, and global interdependence.

incentives and removing impediments to self-reliance are crucial. • Policy coordination across


RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 8 April 2024 English

term, the mainland seems determined to focus on domestic production to gradually move towards self-reliance amid the ongoing trade war with the United States. [...] While investment in the industry is essential

domestic production to gradually move towards self-reliance amid the ongoing trade war with the United States


TAPRI: The Australian Population Research Institute · 6 April 2024 English

In Australia the main political beneficiaries from the cost-of-living and housing crises are the parties on the left, particularly the Greens. [...] The right-leaning parties that have challenged aspects of …

cultural values, national identity and economic self-reliance are contrary to those of the progressive agenda approach over national loyalty and national self-reliance. As far as economics is concerned, progressives represented the antithesis of the national self-reliance favoured by most Australian voters. However


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 5 April 2024 English

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the military build-up before the invasion began on 24 February, dominated every one of the nine meetings of the European Council in 2022. It affected …

energy efficiency and independence, and more self-reliance in key economic sectors. Chancellor Scholz


Amnesty International · 4 April 2024 English

Amnesty International welcomes the call for inputs by the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing as a Component of the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living, and on the …

en/ 9 Amnesty International and Community Self-Reliance Centre (CSRC), Violations in the Name of Conservation:


4 April 2024 English

A recurrent theme in Australia’s defence strategy has been our reliance on and need to defend Australia’s trade routes in a globalised world. The vulnerability of Australia’s limited stockpiles of …

Defence Minister and articulating a strategy of ‘self-reliance’, commented that ‘Australia enjoys a high degree


World Bank Group · 2 April 2024 English

community-based initiatives, which will build self-reliance particularly among small farmers, low- income


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