American exceptionalism - worldview based on the assertion that the United States have a special place among other nations in terms of its national spirit, political and religious institutions. Belief in American exceptionalism is more typical for conservatives than liberals. The key moment of American exceptionalism is the assertion that the United States and its people differ from other people, at least in historical terms, as an association of people who came from all over the world, but who take a common position in defending certain self-evident truths, such as freedom, inalienable human rights, democracy, republicanism, the rule of Continue reading...