I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community.
Challenging leaders is as American as it gets.
The average American is more focused on leadership than likeability. And more focused on qualifications than quality of speakership.
America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the truly great leadership of our society is outside the governance arena.
Well, in 1947... in Europe and in Italy especially, we thought of America as all-powerful.
We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded.
I've always felt that Americans are very in the moment. There's not so much melancholia and mystery as there is in France. Everything must be understood. Everything must be analyzed.
There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America's factories and on the farms, in the cities and the country.
I think Americans are at our best when we recover from a crisis. We've suffered some blows that other countries would have never recovered from.
I think 'The Americans' is exceptional on every level.