I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
American exceptionalism is grounded in the founding of the United States upon an idea, rather than upon the ambitions of men.
I think 'The Americans' is exceptional on every level.
The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.
There's an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we're morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that's a bit dangerous.
Americans generally regard themselves as belonging to an exceptional nation. And in terms of living in a religiously tolerant and enormously diverse country, Americans can certainly take some justified pride.
Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics.
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.
Perhaps Europeans are a bit more skeptic whereas Americans are more believers.
America is exceptional in combining standard great-power realism with extravagant idealism about the country's redemptive role in creating international order.
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.