Quotes for All
I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn’t see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I’m older, I really do feel like … Read more
We talk about the American Dream, and want to tell the world about the American Dream, but what is that Dream, in most cases, but the dream of material things? I sometimes think that the United States for this reason is the greatest failure the world has ever seen. Eugene O’Neill
After working for 14 years on Wall Street and growing up in a family with strong roots in small business, I know how important the entrepreneurial spirit is to attaining the American dream. Ellen Tauscher
The American Dream, coupled with government subsidies of utilities and cheap consumer goods courtesy of slave labour somewhere else, has kept the poor huddled masses from rising up. Elizabeth Wurtzel
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 hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary struggle of which I am a part is a struggle against the American nightmare. Eldridge Cleaver
The American Dream can no more remain static than can the American nation…. We cannot any longer take an old approach to world problems. They aren’t the same problems. It isn’t the same world. We must not adopt the methods of our ancestors; instead, we must emulate that pioneer quality in our ancestors that made … Read more
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt
What happened to the American Dream? It came true! You’re lookin’ at it Edward Blake