Quotes About Exceptionalism

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.

I'm in a class by myself, along with people like Rod Stewart.

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did it.

Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it....

Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics.

America is a great country—the greatest

The U.S. is the greatest, best country God has ever given man on the face of the earth.

God bless America. And no place else.

I simply find it boring to walk around like everybody else. I find it really great to stand out and do something special.

You'll never be fully engaged in where you are or where you're going by settling for normal. Here's a fact: No one who was normal ever made history. Drop that fantasy like a hot rock!

America is the greatest nation in the history of the world. There's nothing like America.

More than any other figure in our history [Tomas] Jefferson is responsible for the idea of American exceptionalism.

There hasn't been a military force like the United States of America in the history of the world.

To be honest, as this world goes is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.Hamlet Act II, Scene II Lines 178-179

Ay sir to be honest as this world goes is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.

Every great man is unique.

Be the exceptional being who separates themselves from the herd and the fate of the herd.

Never mind being first. If you want to count for something, be the last of your kind.

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.

There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

He was perfect in his way,' said Patrick.

If a man's got talent and guts to buck society, he's obviously above average. You want to hold on to him. You straighten him out and turn him into a plus value. Why throw him away? Do that enough and all you've got left are the sheep.