If absolute reliance on authority is a necessity to the great majority of mankind, (which it is,) it is to the few wisest and strongest a keen enjoyment when they can righteously indulge in it; and the occasion on which it is supremely a dutyin the case of military or naval serviceis one of privilege.

But self-reliance is a Christian trait.

Self-reliance is its aversion.

Let any one try to "copy" the wife or brother he knows so well,to make a human image which shall speak and act so as to impress strangers with a belief in its truth,and he will then see that the much-despised reliance on actual experience is not the mechanical procedure it is believed to be.

The main reliance for the purity of the ballot must of course be the intelligence and uprightness of the people, and he who enlightens and uplifts one or more individuals is to that extent truly a patriot.

Self-reliance is the basis of behavior, as it is the guaranty that the powers are not squandered in too much demonstration.

Their reliance under heaven, was their tact in managing the savages, and their own goodly rifles and strong arms.

Custody and maintenance, the former mainly a reliance on force, the later often of scant provision, were the sum total of what was deemed necessary for the lunatics.

Reliance on God is the Dove to our Ark, And Peace is the olive she plucks in the dark.

The second reliance is the removal of temptation.