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American Dream Quotes

Words on a promise that's both personal and debated.

This collection weighs the American Dream from more than one angle, including how student debt can undercut the promise of upward mobility. One voice calls the dream deeply personal and real, not an abstraction, connecting to Believe.

Whether we are working to pay off student loans, credit card debt, paying for elder or childcare, or even trying to save for retirement, the idea of the American dream still remains just that - a dream.

Quotes by Adrienne C. Moore

I think, in a lot of ways, celebrities represent the American dream. They have financial fluidity and options at their disposal.

Quotes by Adrian Grenier

Abe Ribicoff believes in that American dream. I believe it from the bottom of my heart, and your sons and daughters, too, can have the American dream come true.

Quotes by Abraham A. Ribicoff

When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.

Quotes by William J. Clinton

America Quotes

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.

Quotes by Whoopi Goldberg

I'm passionate about the American Dream because it's not a fictitious thing for me. It's real for me.

Quotes by Wayne Messam

It is morally wrong for this country to require our citizens to take on tens of thousands of dollars of debt to achieve the American Dream.

Quotes by Wayne Messam

The American dream tells you that you'll have success if you work hard enough, and we have some concerns about that fallacy. Hopefully, the characters in our films learn to redefine success.

Quotes by Valerie Faris

We are really living the American dream, to be a successful brand in the States and in Europe and to steep ourselves in our heritage. But we do it with a sense of humor. We don't take ourselves too seriously...

Quotes by Tommy Hilfiger

American Quotes

Our workforce and our entire economy are strongest when we embrace diversity to its fullest, and that means opening doors of opportunity to everyone and recognizing that the American Dream excludes no one.

Quotes by Tom Perez

We need to remain a nation that doesn't just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream.

Quotes by Ted Cruz

We owe it to all our veterans to make sure they have a chance to achieve the American Dream, just like the rest of us.

Quotes by Tammy Duckworth

The American dream is dead for the majority of America.

Quotes by Suze Orman

Everybody in America started to define themselves by all these things they had around them. And all of a sudden it came tumbling down. So the old American dream has died, and that is a good thing.

Quotes by Suze Orman

Believe Quotes

Success is the American Dream. And that success is not something to be ashamed of, or to demonize.

Quotes by Susana Martinez

The American dream is Chance the Rapper, or 'little Chano from 79th' who hails from Chicago's Southside and became the first artist to win a Grammy without selling one physical copy of his album.

Quotes by Steve Stoute

The library helps lower- and middle-income people - immigrants - get their shot at the American dream.

Quotes by Stephen A. Schwarzman

I couldn't achieve the American dream in Japan.

Quotes by Shuji Nakamura

I consider myself an embodiment of the American dream: an all-American Indian.

Quotes by Shiva Ayyadurai

Country Quotes

I have lived the American Dream.

Quotes by Shiva Ayyadurai

Frequently Asked Questions

What perspective do these American Dream quotes take?
They mostly weigh the promise of the American Dream against real barriers, like student debt and college affordability, alongside more personal statements about the dream feeling authentic and attainable.
Why is the American Dream still such a common quote topic?
Because it sits at the intersection of what people Believe is possible and loyalty to Country - a shared aspiration people can affirm as real or question as a fallacy, which is exactly the tension these quotes capture.
Does this collection include criticism of the American Dream?
Yes, one quote directly calls out the idea that hard work alone guarantees success as a fallacy, describing it as something worth redefining rather than accepting at face value.
Is there a quote connecting the American Dream to education costs?
Yes, more than one - including a statement calling it morally wrong to require tens of thousands in debt to pursue the dream, and another linking affordable college directly to a More achievable American Dream.
Where can I read more quotes about America or dreams generally?
Try America and American quotes for broader national themes, or Dream quotes for aspiration outside the specifically American context.

Others question whether effort alone is enough to reach it, a doubt worth reading alongside American identity and broader ideas about Country.