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'''American exceptionalism''' is an intuition about the [[United States]], a country that occupies a special place among the nations of the world primarily because of its unique origins as the exception to the world's tyrannies. The concept of "American exceptionalism" may be defined as the notion that the United States, by virtue of its origins and ideals, its struggles and accomplishments, stands apart from — and, in some eyes, above — other nations.<ref>James Rosen. [http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/05/20/texas-textbooks-is-america-exceptional/?test=latestnews Texas Textbooks: Is America ‘Exceptional’?], May 20, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=22995&content=38684746&pageNum=-1 Will U.S. be 'Exceptional' in Textbooks?], ''[[Fox News]]'' (foxnews.mobi), May 20, 2010.</ref> Historian Larry Schweikart identified four important pillars which combine to create American Exceptionalism: # Morality rooted in Christian principles# Common law# Free markets and the rejection of government-based mercantilism# Private property with written titles and deeds Throughought the entirety of human history, nearly all people have lived under some form of tyranny or another be it communism, monarchism, progressivism, fascism, or theocracy; some tyrannies heredity, others established by fiat or coup, and yet still other tyrannies as the result of elections such as Democratic Socialism. America has stood alone in human history as the one exception to the rule of rulers.