Foreign Affairs

"The late Allan Bloom once pointed out that what sets America apart is the unambiguous nature of our own constitutional tradition: 'It’s meaning,' he said, 'is articulated in simple, rational speech, that is immediately comprehensible and powerfully persuasive to all normal human beings. America tells one story: the unbroken, ineluctable progress of freedom and equality.' "

                                                                                    -- Senator John Cornyn