American Exceptionalism Isn’t a Modern Idea by Paul Peterson in the Wall Street Journal – Department of Government

American Exceptionalism Isn’t a Modern Idea

Alexis de Tocqueville concluded in the 1830s: “The situation of the Americans is entirely exceptional, and it may be believed that no democratic people will ever be put in the same situation.”

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