Nada Elbaz

“Exceptionalism" is a shared self-description of imperial forms and . . . every empire imagines itself an exception.”
― Ann Laura Stoler, Haunted by Empire: Geographies of Intimacy in North American History

“It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as [inherently] exceptional, whatever the motivation. There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy. Their policies differ, too. We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.”
― Vladimir Putin