Here are some more quotes about the American Dream. Which one do you like best? Which one do you feel best sums up the essence of the American Dream? Why and How? Thanks for letting me know in a comment!
“If wealth was the
inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a
millionaire.” - George Monbiot
“Dat's what they say
of this cauntry back home, Kath: 'America, the land of milk and honey.' Bot
they never tell you the milk's gone sour and the honey's stolen.” - Andre Dubus III,
House of Sand and Fog (also a great movie I highly recommend!)
“My fellow Americans,
this is an amazing moment for me. To think that a once scrawny boy from Austria
could grow up to become Governor of California and stand in Madison Square
Garden to speak on behalf of the President of the United States that is an
immigrant's dream. It is the American dream.” - Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Strength does not
come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through
hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” - Arnold Schwarzenegger
Americans have so far
put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They
didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well.
The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that
anyone can make it. - Fareed Zakaria
This is the city of
dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the
American dream, has been tested and has triumphed. - Michael Bloomberg
I am the American
Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you
could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's
exactly what I've done. - Whoopi Goldberg
And you have to
remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through
the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just as a representation of
steel and concrete and glass, but as really the substance of the American
Dream. - Daniel Libeskind
When you start a
company, it's more an art than a science because it's totally unknown. Instead
of solving high-profile problems, try to solve something that's deeply personal
to you. Ideally, if you're an ordinary person and you've just solved your
problem, you might have solved the problem for millions of people. - Brian Chesky
“In the face of
impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.”
― Barack Obama
“If there is anyone
out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are
possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time;
who still questions the power of our Democracy; Tonight is your answer.”― Barack Obama
“The American story
has never been about things coming easy. It has been about rising to the moment
when the moment is hard. About rejecting panicked division for purposeful
unity. About seeing a mountaintop from the deepest valley. That is why we
remember that some of the most famous words ever spoken by an American came
from a president who took office in a time of turmoil: "The only thing we
have to fear is fear itself.”― Barack Obama
"America is the sum of
our dreams. And what binds us together, what makes us one American family, is
that we stand up and fight for each other's dreams, that we reaffirm that
fundamental belief - I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper -
through our politics, our policies, and in our daily lives. It's time to do
that once more. It's time to reclaim the American dream." - Barack Obama
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