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I think 'The Americans' is exceptional on every level.

The America I know is great - not because government made it great but because ordinary citizens like me, like my father and like you are given the opportunity every day to do extraordinary things.

America is exceptional: but because it yields the likes of Obama, not the likes of Bush.

America is exceptional, it is asserted, because, with the exception of the abolition of slavery, it has been able to extend the promise of liberal reform mostly peacefully, through its democratic institutions.

America is truly special because it's founded on an idea. It's the ideological and philosophical equivalent of a formless God, in other words, you know? It's, again, the only great country in the world that it is formed out of words.

For many of us who were born and raised in this country, including me, it's sometimes easy to forget how special America really is.

America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine.

The greatness of Americans is that we are mosaic - we are diverse.

American exceptionalism is grounded in the founding of the United States upon an idea, rather than upon the ambitions of men.

America has the highest standard of living of any major country in the entire world. To maintain and enhance that standard of living, America should continue to embrace those qualities which have made America great: openness and dynamism. Openness to new technologies, new ideas and new people is America's greatest source of strength.