Mr O’Neill is good at capturing the atmosphere of exceptionalism and a sense of the centre not holding.
The main challenge facing the next president will not be to blunt American exceptionalism, but to make sure that American triumphalism is not replaced by a grumpy and irresponsible isolationism.
Mr Obama said he did - "just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism."
American exceptionalism? I think we are going to end up like Brazil-a few rich surrounded by the hungry masses.
His countrymen “should understand that their claim to exceptionalism is valid only in terms of their unparalleled growth and the remarkable natural resources their vast country has provided them.
Perhaps building on its heritage, early Buddhism simply did not allow room for human exceptionalism.
Could America bask in its exceptionalism without being driven by universalist convictions that all peoples of the world should live under systems similar to ours?
IT is exceptionalism week in the world of American think-tanks.
A country of American exceptionalism?
As Ireland grew richer, one form of exceptionalism-the fatalistic belief that Ireland was destined always to be western Europe's poor outpost-gave way to another: the myth of the Celtic Tiger.
Often misread as an expression of national arrogance, "American exceptionalism" denotes a sociological fact.
Abroad these theorists' ideas tend to be greeted with suspicion as excuses for China's exceptionalism and its rejection of international rules it does not like.
Of course, a country that has always prided itself on its exceptionalism will not abandon the moral convictions by which it defined its greatness.
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