While I think we certainly used to be, there are plenty of great nations that have followed in our footsteps of democracy while avoiding the pitfalls of violence and racial bigotry. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
A truly great nation will also look out after environmental security of the waters and land it has responsibly for. (fortune.com)
Each of Europe's great nations in turn asserted its own claim to election, starting with Isidore of Seville and the Visigothic kingdom of Spain in the seventh century and followed in turn by the French, the British, the Russians, and the Germans. (firstthings.com)