The only definition by which America's best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis.

One of the statistics that always amazes me is the approval of the Chinese government, not elected, is over 80 percent. The approval of the U.S. government, fully elected, is 19 percent. Well, we elected these people and they didn't elect those people. Isn't it supposed to be different? Aren't we supposed to like the people that we elected?

Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.

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