All his friends were in the same situation – truck drivers, taxi cab drivers, grocery clerks. “I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.”

“For many, the American dream has become a nightmare.” To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.” “To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. “The promise of the American Dream requires that we are all provided an equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to our nation.” It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country.” “I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. “A basic element of the American dream is equal access to education as a lubricant of social and economic mobility.” “When we make college more affordable, we make the American Dream more achievable.” “Our workforce and our entire economy are strongest when we embrace diversity to its fullest, and that means opening doors of opportunity to everyone and recognizing that the American Dream excludes no one.” James Truslow Adams, defining the American Dream in Epic of America, 1931. (It is not) “… a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.” “The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. Army lieutenant colonel and United States Senator for Illinois since 2017 “The American Dream I believe in is one that provides anyone willing to work hard enough with the opportunity to succeed.” Those ideas are neither Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal, white, or black. The opportunity comes from our founding principles, our core values that’s held together and protected by the Constitution. “The American dream comes from opportunity. Mark Rubio, United States Senator for Florida It is about things much simpler and more fundamental than that.” It isn’t really about becoming rich or famous. “The American Dream is a term that is often used but also often misunderstood. Mark Cuban, American entrepreneur, television personality, media proprietor, and investor It sends the message that the American Dream is alive and well.” “I love entrepreneurship because that’s what makes this country grow, and if I can help companies grow, I am creating jobs I am setting foundations for future generations. We didn’t have any money a lot of times we didn’t have any food, and now, all of a sudden, I’m a superhero in a Marvel movie? Talk about the American dream, man – I’m living it.” Michelle Obama, former first lady, lawyer and author “Barack knows the American Dream because he’s lived it, and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are or where we’re from or what we look like or who we love.”

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