1. American Exceptionalism in the Cold War (1947-1961)
In George Washington's farewell address he said that the Constitution "has a just claim to [our] confidence and respect," because it is "the offspring of our choice, uninfluenced and unawed, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers uniting security with energy, and containing, within itself, a provision for its own amendment."16 Moreover William Gladstone described it as "the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man....
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