Bold claims are made for the dynamic effect of unleashing national self-confidence, but they'll never be proven unless it's tried.

"Such a dependence culture has retarded our economic growth and national self-confidence."

And it inspired national self-confidence at the time of the Sino-Soviet schism of 1960.

After the failure of the revolution, he tried to raise national self-confidence and to cherish the ideals of the revolution.

A renewal of national self-confidence by 1984 helped Reagan and Bush win a second term with an unprecedented number of electoral votes.

Certainly, there is a crisis of national self-confidence right now, US economic hegemony is being ceded to China.

Generally promoting national self-confidence and national pride by qualitative change in education, sports, media programmes, and conduct of public men.

The period is about power, and about prosperity, and about national self-confidence.

At one level this means a decay of essential public functions and a loss of our national self-confidence.

It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain.