American exceptionalism Quote by Noam Chomsky

American exceptionalism, in the broad sense, is not a bunch of braggadocious words people say, "Yeah, we're better people. We have a better country.…

— Rush Limbaugh

America's exceptional nature confers upon us responsibilities. We are not exceptional because we say so; we are exceptional because, over and over, we do…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

My opponent misses something important. When we say America is exceptional, it doesn't mean that people from other places don't feel deep national pride,…

— Hillary Clinton

What does the doctrine of American exceptionalism empower the United States to do? Nothing more than to act better than traditional empires - committed…

— Dinesh D'Souza

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…

— Al Franken

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…

— Rand Paul

One thing that America is objectively exceptional at is overreacting whenever anyone accuses them of not being exceptional.

— John Oliver

American exceptionalism? Exceptional at what? Waging wars against innocent people for fake reasons? Exceptional at what? Being addicted to pharmaceutical drugs that have people's…

— Gerald Celente

America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must…

— Nelson Rockefeller

The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.

— Russ Feingold

I think the institutions, principles, norms, and traditions that make the United States of America genuinely exceptional are at serious risk. It has been…

— Chris Sacca

America is exceptional in combining standard great-power realism with extravagant idealism about the country's redemptive role in creating international order.

— Michael Ignatieff