As Americans, we all have a special responsibility to uphold and promote the rule of law. This sacred responsibility flows from our unique place in history, and is our destiny as a nation. The founding documents of our founding fathers “The Declaration of Independence” and the Constitution. Established for the first time in history a government not made up of men but of laws. Our founding fathers gave birth to an idea that made men rejoice and despots fall. It is the strength and majesty of this idea that has created the most powerful nation ever created. Today our strength comes from heroic historical documents and the principle of law. For more than two centuries, the rule of law has served generations. Before America was born, men and women were ruled by kings who claimed the divine right to rule and changed the laws to suit their personal whims. It was considered a tragedy by our founding fathers who dreamed of a nation based on the rule of law. Humanity has lived under the iron rule of one form of king or another for thousands of years until that fateful day in Philadelphia, when some very wise and courageous leaders gathered on July 4, 1776 to establish a new form of government in which people like us might have been able to govern ourselves according to the law. This is known as the rule of law. Justice according to written laws instead of the desire of private interests. America's dream is a land of freedom and justice for all. Under the rule of law, we govern ourselves. The rule of law lives everywhere in the hearts of the people of the nation. We all know deep down that we have the right to be treated fairly by the government and that no man or group of men should be given special favors or powers... middle of paper... der to stand up for what is right. This country is different from any other in the world. Our exception emerged long before the United States became a nation. The conditions through which the American colonies were formed and their belief in Divine Providence contributed to the exceptional nature of the United States of America. This nation was not only exceptional at its founding, but became more exceptional as time passed. The exception that this country enjoys will undoubtedly continue into the future from generation to generation. As long as the concept of exception is defended by the people who make up the great nation known as the United States of America. The exceptionalism of the United States has been important not only to the growth of this country both geographically and economically, but to people around the world.