“Although we may not like to hear it, proponents of the Constitution repeatedly insisted that, when it comes to our character, Americans aren't exceptional.” ConstitutionAmerican Exceptionalism Book:We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy Source: We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy
“If we have a blind spot, it's more likely to involve those values where Americans have long been agreed, not where we are politically polarized. When they go unchallenged across generations, areas of agreement gradually morph into "timeless" truths, timeless truths become truisms, truisms become bipartisan platitudes. By that point, all serious thought has died. The values in question may shape us profoundly, but they've become like the air that we breathe, as invisible to us as they are ever present. And we can never think carefully about values we cannot see.” American Values Book:We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy Source: We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy