American Dream Quotes - Page 11

• Of course advertising creates wants. Of course it makes people discontented, dissatisfied. Satisfaction with things as they are would defeat the American Dream.

  Bernice Fitz-Gibbon

  Dream, People, Want

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• The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available.

  Roy Romer

  Dream, College, Thinking

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• You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.

  Craig L. Thomas

  Dream, Stuff, Prison

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• For me, the American Dream was to go racing; for others, it's to pursue whatever their goals may be.

  Rick Mears

  Dream, Goal, Racing

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• At the root of everything that we’re trying to accomplish is the belief that America has a mission. We are a nation of freedom, living under God, believing all citizens must have the opportunity to grow, create wealth, and build a better life for those who follow. If we live up to those moral values, we can keep the American dream alive for our children and our grandchildren, and America will remain mankind’s best hope.

  Ronald Reagan

  Dream, Children, Believe

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• I thank God that America still has one party that reaches out their hands in love to lift up all of God's children - born and unborn, and says that each of us has dignity and all of us have the right to live the American Dream.

  Rick Santorum

  Dream, Children, Party

  Republican National Convention speech, www.politico.com. August 29, 2012.

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• My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.

  Rand Paul

  Dream, Country, Grandfather

  Rand Paul's Speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Forida, www.washingtonpost.com. August 29, 2012.

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• Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Dream, Jobs, President

  The House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 5, 2012.

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• When Americans are worried about losing their jobs, their savings, their homes and their chance at the American Dream, Congress and the president must work together to lift our economy and restore hope. That is the course the New Direction Congress will continue in the days and weeks ahead.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Dream, Jobs, Home

  "USA Today: Pelosi – We Need To Do More". www.democraticleader.gov. October 15, 2008.

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• I stand before you today as a disciplined conservative Texan, a committed Republican and a proud American, united with you to restoring our nation and revive the American dream.

  Rick Perry

  Dream, Proud, Today

  "The Deep Shame of Vancouver" by David Warren, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 19, 2011.

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• Government doesn't have to be the enemy, but too much government has produced a new kind of inequality in America: opportunity inequality.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Opportunity, Government

  Marco Rubio (2015). “American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone”, p.18, Penguin

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• Ultimately, my proposal isn't intended to increase or decrease the amount of federal spending spent on antipoverty programs.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Proposal, Program

  "Marco Rubio's 'American Dreams': 10 key quotes" by James Hohmann, www.politico.com. January 09, 2015.

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• Once again, America finds itself with some leaders who believe we can ignore the world without consequences here at home. Apparently they're oblivious to the reality that we are less insulated from global events than ever before.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Believe, Home

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• Our families and our homes are the center of American life, Everything we do is to make those homes-and the lives in them-more beautiful, more comfortable, more functional and more full of life and light and joy for those we love.

  Martha Stewart

  Beautiful, Dream, Home

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• The American Dream is ownership … a house, a car, a vacation home and, even better, your own business

  Mario Batali

  Dream, Home, Vacation

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• I think the American Dream used to be achieving one's goals in your field of choice-and from that all other things would follow. Now, I think the dream has morphed into the pursuit of money: Accumulate enough of it, and the rest will follow. We've become more materialistic. For balance, I think we need to get back to idealism and patriotism, but also be realistic with our monetary goals.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Dream, Thinking, Goal

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• America can't work for only some people and become a dream for all people. It has to work for everyone. And even though everyone might not end up at the same place, if everyone starts with the same beginning, then that's the dream fulfilled. We all don't have the same abilities, but we should have the same opportunities.

  Al Sharpton

  Dream, Opportunity, Should Have

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• The American Dream is freedom, prosperity, peace-and liberty and justice for all. That's a big dream. It's not always easy to achieve, but that's the ideal. More than any country in history we've made gains toward a democracy that is enviable throughout the world. Dreams require perseverance if they are to be realized, and fortunately we're a hard-working country and people. We are the luckiest people in history, just by the fact that we are Americans.

  Donald Trump

  Dream, Country, Perseverance

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• It's like a kind of Barbie American dream. I have that childlike quality so a lot of little girls especially [like me]. I've always been a kid at heart. I think I always will be.

  Paris Hilton

  Girl, Dream, Heart

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• Seeking the invisible through the imagery of the visible, the Americans never can get quite all the way to the end of the American dream.

  Lewis H. Lapham

  Dream, Way, Invisible

  Lewis H. Lapham (1989). “Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion”

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• Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it. By definition it must, because it nurtures everything except those things that are important: integrity, ethics, truth, our very heart and soul. Why? The reason is simple: because Life/life is giving, not getting.

  Hubert Selby, Jr.

  Dream, Integrity, Believe

  FaceBook post by Hubert Selby, Jr. from Feb 22, 2012

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• You know that I am living proof that the American Dream is real. Growing up, our congressman cut through government bureaucratic red tape to help my mom buy our first house. That's the kind of congressman I'll be.

  Geoff Davis

  Mom, Dream, Growing Up

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• Pop art is
  the American Dream, optimistic, generous, and naive!

  Robert Indiana

  Dream, Art, Optimistic

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• Mary Kay was the wholesome personification of the American dream. For women everywhere, she brought the impossible dream to life by making it a reality. She was a very wise lady. She was a people person. She was very sensitive to the importance of recognizing people.

  Zig Ziglar

  Wise, Dream, Reality

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• The American dream is under attack because our government has been hijacked by the Liberals in Washington DC.

  Herman Cain

  Dream, Government, Washington Dc

  "Tea Party Speaker: 'Stupid People' Running Country". Dayton Daily News, October 15, 2010.

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