The man who defined the term. President Herbert Hoover " The greatness of America has grown out of a political and social system and a method of [a lack of governmental] control of economic forces distinctly its own our American system which has carried this great experiment in human welfare farther than ever before in history.... And I again repeat that the departure from our American system... will jeopardize the very liberty and freedom of our people, and will destroy equality of opportunity not only to ourselves, but to our children. " Herbert Hoover, 1928, Campaign speech Listening to the democrats primary debates last night made us realize who we are and what we stand for. We are retired Rugged Individualists. We used to be committed to making it on our own, despite all odds. We were poor but proud. We did it our way. But alas, the sands of time slipped through our hands and suddenly we were retirement age. Gray and shaggy. It became hard to envision the f...