Real American Exceptionalism

"Americans are harder workers, more philanthropic, individualistic, self-reliant, anti-government than people in most other countries," begins Walter Williams — American Idea.

"What accounts for what some have called American exceptionalism?" he asks. "At the heart of the American idea is the deep distrust and suspicion the founders of our nation had for government, distrust and suspicion not shared as much by today’s Americans," he answers.