American exceptionalism is grounded in the founding of the United States upon an idea, rather than upon the ambitions of men.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What does the doctrine of American exceptionalism empower the United States to do? Nothing more than to act better than traditional empires - committed to looting and conquest - have done. So that's American exceptionalism: an exceptionalism based on noble ideas, ideas that it holds itself to even when it falls short of them.
The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.
America is exceptional in combining standard great-power realism with extravagant idealism about the country's redemptive role in creating international order.
It's a deft trick to turn American exceptionalism into an exceptional political tactic.
People say America is exceptional. I agree, but it's not the complexion of our skin or the twists in our DNA that make us unique. America is exceptional because we were founded upon the notion that everyone should be free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.
I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.
America's militarized brand of malignant exceptionalism is founded on the idea that the United States transcends history.
I think 'The Americans' is exceptional on every level.
Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics.
The greatness of America is capitalism, free market capitalism. The exceptionalism of American business.
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