American dream Quote by Stephanie Coontz

If Americans are working harder than ever earning less than they once did, our government and our leaders should step up, offer a plan,…

— Jeb Bush

We need to get back to the basics of talking about the American Dream, where hard work is rewarded with wages sufficient to guarantee…

— Tom Suozzi

We should create an America in which it's - we can - Americans have a better chance to progress wages and job prospects, and…

— Jeff Sessions

This country isn't working for working people. It's working only for people at the top. That's not the American dream. That's the American nightmare.

— Elizabeth Warren

We work harder and we earn less. Income inequality is at the highest point in over a century. While American capitalism never guaranteed success,…

— Mario Cuomo

You see, without hard work and responsibility, there is no American Dream. Hard work lays the foundation. Our solidarity makes work pay - for…

— Richard Trumka

The American dream always meant that anybody willing to put in a hard day's work could make a decent living. That's just not true…

— Adam Davidson

Capitalism has improved the standard of living of the wage earners to an unprecedented extent. The average American family enjoys today amenities of which,…

— Ludwig von Mises

Every American deserves a shot at the American dream without having to make the impossible choice of earning a degree or being saddled with…

— Alex Padilla

“If anyone can testify credibly to the decline of the American dream, it is the white-collar unemployed—the people who “played by the rules,” “did…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

The way to an American economic comeback, the way to help those out of work today find a paycheck, is to unleash the forces…

— Rob Portman

In the wealthiest country in the world, every worker should be able to get a piece of the American Dream.

— Marty Walsh