During my research regarding the Progressive's during the early part of the 20th Century, I found this Woodrow Wilson quote:

No nation is fit to sit in judgement upon any other nation.

Woodrow Wilson, Speech in New York, Apr. 20, 1915

At a town hall in Strasbourg, France, Obama stood before an audience of mostly French and German youth and admitted that the U.S. should have a greater respect for Europe. "In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world," he said before offering other European critical views of his country. "There have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive."