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title: "16 America Exceptional Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 16 America Exceptional quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best America Exceptional sayings and thoughts."
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> [Clearly America is exceptional in its immorality, lack of human compassion, and disrespect for law and its founding document.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/clearly-america-is-exceptional-in-its-immorality-lack-of-human/)

[Paul Craig Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-craig-roberts/)

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> [What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-makes-america-exceptional-are-the-bonds-that-hold-together-the/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [America has become an exceptional nation not because of what we have taken, but because of what we have given.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-hurd/america-has-become-an-exceptional-nation-not-because-of-what-we-have/)

[Will Hurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-hurd/)

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> [Washington's Corruption and Mendacity Is What Makes America 'Exceptional'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-craig-roberts/washington-s-corruption-and-mendacity-is-what-makes-america/)

[Paul Craig Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-craig-roberts/)

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> [America is exceptional: but because it yields the likes of Obama, not the likes of Bush.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-liu/america-is-exceptional-but-because-it-yields-the-likes-of-obama-not/)

[Eric Liu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-liu/)

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> [Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ignatieff/affirming-belief-that-america-is-an-exceptional-nation-has-become-a/)

[Michael Ignatieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ignatieff/)

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> [My opponent misses something important. When we say America is exceptional, it doesn't mean that people from other places don't feel deep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/my-opponent-misses-something-important-when-we-say-america-is/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [People say America is exceptional. I agree, but it's not the complexion of our skin or the twists in our DNA that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/people-say-america-is-exceptional-i-agree-but-it-s-not-the-complexion/)

[Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/)

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> [We ask for nothing more than the chance to blaze our own trail, and yet each of us is only here because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-ask-for-nothing-more-than-the-chance-to-blaze-our-own-trail-and/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [America still is an exceptional country. We love to lead and we love to win. And we do it, when we take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeb-bush/america-still-is-an-exceptional-country-we-love-to-lead-and-we-love/)

[Jeb Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeb-bush/)

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> [I'm not going to critique the president's every utterance, but I do think America is exceptional. America is different. We don't operate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/i-m-not-going-to-critique-the-president-s-every-utterance-but-i-do/)

[Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/)

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> [America is exceptional in combining standard great-power realism with extravagant idealism about the country's redemptive role in creating international order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ignatieff/america-is-exceptional-in-combining-standard-great-power-realism-with/)

[Michael Ignatieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ignatieff/)

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> [Our higher education system is one of the things that makes America exceptional. There's no place else that has the assets we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/our-higher-education-system-is-one-of-the-things-that-makes-america/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [“America is exceptional. Does that statement shock you? It shocks me to have to say it! To be forced by your doubt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-colbert/america-is-exceptional-does-that-statement-shock-you-it-shocks-me-to/)

[Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-colbert/)

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> [America's exceptional nature confers upon us responsibilities. We are not exceptional because we say so; we are exceptional because, over and over,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-whitehouse/america-s-exceptional-nature-confers-upon-us-responsibilities-we-are/)

[Sheldon Whitehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-whitehouse/)

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> [Trump is the candidate giving voice to untold millions of fed-up Americans witnessing a purposeful destruction of our economy and the equal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-palin/trump-is-the-candidate-giving-voice-to-untold-millions-of-fed-up/)

[Sarah Palin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-palin/)

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