Newt!, by Dick Williams: on Foreign Policy

Newt Gingrich: American Exceptionalism: uniquely far-reaching individualism

I think this is at the core of the American idea, at the core of the American sense of who we are. That we are uniquely individuals, and that each person is endowed by their Creator, every man, every woman, every child, is endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights. That's a very important concept. They cannot be alienated from you, they're yours, they're bound to you, and therefore, the system has to be built around your rights unless you voluntarily loan some of them to the state.

Notice how different that is from all historic experiences where the government, the king, or the dictator is empowered by God or by history in the Marxist model."