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Example sentences for: self-reliance

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With modern America's emphasis on independence and individualism, you might say that the early separation from parents is sending a forceful message to their children that they are going to have to learn that American virtue of self-reliance.
The holiday's emphasis on self-reliance and military strength in the face of persecution dovetailed with the themes of nationalists seeking to establish a Jewish state.
Not surprisingly, this self-contained region engendered a stalwart sense of self-reliance and independence in its inhabitants.
For example, each tub must stand on its own bottom is said to be an old proverb stressing New England self-reliance, but A Dictionary of American Proverbs documents its distribution throughout the United States and Canada.
Marcus Garvey called for black self-reliance, and Alexander Bustamante formed the Industrial Trade Union and later the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).