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America is exceptional, it is asserted, because, with the exception of the abolition of slavery, it has been able to extend the promise of liberal reform mostly peacefully, through its democratic institutions.

Greg Grandin

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Amerika ist außergewöhnlich, wird behauptet, denn mit Ausnahme der Abschaffung der Sklaverei konnte es das Versprechen liberaler Reformen durch seine demokratischen Institutionen meist friedlich erweitern.

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