“At the close of the Cold War, some commentators
concluded that the American experiment had ended in triumph, that the United
States had become all the world. But the American experiment had not in fact
ended. A nation founded on revolution and universal rights will forever
struggle against chaos and the forces of particularism. A nation born in
contradiction will forever fight over the meaning of its history. But that
doesn’t mean history is meaningless, or that anyone can afford to sit out the
fight.”—Jill Lepore, “A New Americanism: Why a Nation Needs a National Story,” Foreign Affairs, March/April 2019 Issue
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