Forty-two years ago, I came to America from communist Cuba so I might have a better way of life, a freer way… — Mel Martinez Copy Share Image
I hope I epitomize the American dream. For I came against long odds, from the ghetto to the very top of my… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
We believe that in times like these we should turn to each other, not on each other. We believe that government has… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
I grew up with a single pair of shoes until I grew into the next size. My parents believed in the American… — Julie Sweet Copy Share Image
I thank God that America still has one party that reaches out their hands in love to lift up all of God's… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
“Pulling out onto the highway I noticed a stone pillar commemorating the Donner Party. They were a true testament to the American… — Josh Stallings Copy Share Image
The notion that moving toward renewable energy will kill jobs is an absurdity on its face. The notion that we have to… — Marshall Herskovitz Copy Share Image
For me, the essence of the great American Dream is spiritual. I believe that our Constitution is inspired and that it is… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Against the odd's, I have persevered, I am the living attestation of the American dream. I am the extolment of this great… — Don King Copy Share Image
The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don't necessarily need to have an… — Bill Rancic Copy Share Image
“Many people----women especially----remain trapped in the poverty into which they were born. The successful person from this background is the exception. The… — Nancy Isenberg Copy Share Image
Economic growth is necessary to keep the promise - enormously important to individual Americans - that each generation will have the opportunity… — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
I hope I'll have the opportunity to debate how we reform and update our immigration system. I will relate my own story… — Ami Bera Copy Share Image
“My parents are in many ways embodiments of the American Dream. They came to this country with basically nothing but the clothes… — David Henry Sterry Copy Share Image
The American dream, what we were taught was, grow up, own a car, own a house. I think that dream's completely changing.… — Brian Chesky Copy Share Image
In the two centuries that have passed since 1776, millions upon millions of Americans have worked and taken up arms when necessary… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
One night in 1974, I made the comment, 'Here I am, this fat kid, the son of a plumber. I don't look… — Dusty Rhodes Copy Share Image
Mothers have always held such symbolic weight in determining a person's worth. Your mother tongue, your motherland, your mother's values - these… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
This election [in 2016] is about electing a president that will restore our economic vibrancy so that the American dream can expand… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I travelled through the night in a bus with the Kentucky Tea Party en route to a massive rally in Washington. For… — Andrew Neil Copy Share Image
Let's see what's going on over in Iraq. A Burger King has opened up and prostitutes are back on the street of… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
I believe in the American dream. I don't want anyone to take advantage of it, and I don't want anyone to ruin… — Jeanine Pirro Copy Share Image
The Hispanic community understands the American Dream and have not forgotten what they were promised - that in the U.S., a free… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“cross-national studies show that the U.S. poverty rate, which stands persistently above 12 percent, is not only the highest poverty rate of… — Cal Jillson Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton, who followed her heart to Arkansas, understands that the American Dream extends beyond the Mason-Dixon line and that South Carolina's… — Jaime Harrison Copy Share Image
Rand Paul is officially running for president. He even revealed his campaign slogan, which is 'Defeat the Washington machine. Unleash the American… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
With Americans worried about losing their jobs, their savings, their homes and their chance at the American Dream, the New Direction Congress… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
“It goes right back to the idea of the Power of Positive Thinking, which is so strong in America because it fits… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“If anyone can testify credibly to the decline of the American dream, it is the white-collar unemployed—the people who “played by the… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
When Americans are worried about losing their jobs, their savings, their homes and their chance at the American Dream, Congress and the… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
One of the things that makes this so topical right now is that I think there are an awful lot of American… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of the Italian heritage of my great-grandparents, who came here from Italy, and how they helped be a part… — Steve Scalise Copy Share Image
We're not so free that we don't have to listen to rules, and laws, and regulations. Those are important. But the spirit,… — Martha Stewart Copy Share Image
Increasing access to federal student loans has been a bipartisan effort in Washington, one that I have supported. But it has created… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The whole of the American Dream has been based on the chance to get ahead, for one's self or one's children. Would… — James Adams Copy Share Image
There is nothing more classic in the realm of casual than jeans and a white tee - a look that is inherently… — Edward Enninful Copy Share Image
We are now embarked on another venture to put the American dream to work in meeting the new demands of a new… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
President Obama's approach embodies the values, the ideas, and the direction America must take to build a 21st century version of the… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“I came to understand that in the United States, land of the fabled American dream, it is un-American to be a refugee.… — Viet Thanh Nguyen Copy Share Image
People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're… — Florence King Copy Share Image