American Quote by Uzo Aduba

When I was a young child, my parents came to America in search of a better life for them and their family.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

The America I was born and raised in intersected with people of all ethnicities and beliefs and that, coupled with my parents' instilling of…

— Sunny Jain

My parents instilled a lot of American values in me. They encouraged me to work hard and told me that anything was possible for…

— Diane Guerrero

My parents were exactly like millions of other Americans who had a fire in their belly to build something of their own, and in…

— Bob Beauprez

My grandparents bowed to the Americans and sought to learn from them. My parents sought to be them.

— Alex Tizon

My parents believed in the American dream and the power of education, but didn't have the money to send me to college. I realized…

— Julie Sweet

Like tens of millions of Americans, my parents were immigrants. They were poor and did not speak English well. They went to flea markets…

— Ted Lieu

My parents always asked me what I thought, listened to my opinions, articulated their diagnoses of our challenges at home and abroad, and shared…

— Chelsea Clinton

I was very lucky in that my parents were very broad-minded. Because they had come from another country and hadn't been able to fulfill…

— Anne-Marie Duff

“My parents are in many ways embodiments of the American Dream. They came to this country with basically nothing but the clothes on their…

— David Henry Sterry

The solid, middle-class values of hard work, responsibility, family, community, and faith my father talked about tirelessly from Iowa to New York, he lived…

— Chelsea Clinton

Thank you to my parents for giving me the American dream.

— Sofia Kenin