Noam Chomsky Quotes

Decolonisation seems to have dented little the sense of superiority that since 1945 has made American leaders in particular consistently underestimate the intensity of nationalist feeling in Asia and Africa.

America is the greatest country in the whole world.

The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.

It's a deft trick to turn American exceptionalism into an exceptional political tactic.

I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.

Every nation feels itself to be superior, but in America it's a jaunty feeling, and in some cases a rather ominous one among the super-patriots.

I believe in American Exceptionalism

America's militarized brand of malignant exceptionalism is founded on the idea that the United States transcends history.

When the United States of America does things in its best interests, it is hated. I'm sorry, that just ticks me off.

The United States is the greatest country on Earth.

The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there.

American ideals are superior to countries all across the world.

The American press exists for one purpose only, and that is to convince Americans that they are living in the greatest and most envied country in the history of the world. The Press tells the American people how awful every other country is and how wonderful the United States is and how evil communism is and how happy they should be to have freedom to buy seven different sorts of detergent.

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

I get always a little uptight when I hear politicians say how exceptional America is.

America has an almost obscene infatuation with itself. Has there ever been a big, powerful country that is as patriotic as America? And patriotic in the tinniest way, with so much flag waving? You'd really think we were some poor little republic, and that if one person lost his religion for one hour, the whole thing would crumble. America is the real religion in this country.

Every day we're told that we live in the greatest country on earth. And it's always stated as an undeniable fact: Leos are born between July 23 and August 22, fitted queen-size sheets measure sixty by eighty inches, and America is the greatest country on earth. Having grown up with this in our ears, it's startling to realize that other countries have nationalistic slogans of their own, none of which are 'We're number two!

America's a great country - you better believe it's a great country, one of the greatest on this planet - but even the greatest needs to pay attention. I wish the powerful sources that run this country could understand that.

I go all the way back to the Founding Fathers. I see the miracle of the founding of this country. It is so special, it's so unique. What needs to be emulated around the world is the United States.

I love what I'm doing. But I love the USA more. And I can straighten it out. And I can truly make this country great again and nobody else can do what I do.

The United States is the best and fairest and most decent nation on the face of the earth.

You can't kill America. We're more than a nation. We're a notion. We're an idea. The American Dream. You never heard of the Afghanistani Dream have you. Except by bearded hermetic recluses with a fetish for uneducated women dressed as giant shuttlecocks.

Talking of patriotism, what humbug it is; it is a word which always commemorates a robbery.

The highest possible form of treason is to say that Americans aren’t loved wherever they go, whatever they do.

Make America great again is not just some slogan. It is what has been in his heart since the day I met Donald Trump.