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• Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance.My father was a bartender. And the journey from the back of that bar to the [election 2016], to me, that is the essence of the American dream.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Father, Journey

  GOP Debate, www.cbsnews.com. August 07, 2015.

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• It is hard for me to imagine retiring at 65 and spending the next quarter century not working. I expect to be working, doing something productive and fulfilling.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Next, Imagine

  "Marco Rubio's 'American Dreams': 10 key quotes" by James Hohmann, www.politico.com. January 09, 2015.

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• No American is prepared to attend his own funeral without the services of highly skilled cosmeticians. Part of the American dream, after all, is to live long and die young.

  Edgar Friedenberg

  Dream, Long, Funeral

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• I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know they're getting the real thing.

  Jackie Collins

  Dream, Real, Writing

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• The 'American dream' ... means an economy in which people who work hard can get ahead and each new generation lives better than the last one. The 'American dream' also means a democratic political system in which most people feel they can affect public decisions and elect officials who will speak for them. In recent years, the dream has been fading.

  Alice Rivlin

  Dream, Mean, Hard Work

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• We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

  John Kasich

  Dream, Giving, Needs

  FaceBook post by John Kasich from Aug 07, 2015

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• No person can maximize the American Dream on the minimum wage.

  Benjamin Jealous

  Dream, Minimum Wage, Persons

  "You Can’t Survive on $7.25" by Ben Jealous, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 15, 2013.

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• Part of the American dream is to live long and die young.

  Edgar Friedenberg

  Dream, Long, Young

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• Imagine a legal immigration system that welcomes and celebrates those who come to achieve the American dream.

  Ted Cruz

  Dream, Immigration, Imagine

  Ted Cruz's Announcement on Presidential Campaign at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, www.independent.co.uk. March 23, 2015.

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• It is true that the top quintile is getting richer while the bottom is getting poorer, but the bottom is not the same people. There is, fortunately, a constant churning at the bottom as new immigrants move in and those who used to be on the bottom begin their long, thrilling upward climb to the American dream.

  Dick Morris

  Dream, Moving, Long

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• We were the daughters of the post-World War II American dream, the daughters of those idealized fifties sitcom families in which father knew best and mother knew her place and a kind of disappointment, and tense, unspoken sexuality rattled around like ice cubes in their nightly cocktails.

  Anne Taylor Fleming

  Daughter, Mother, Dream

  Anne Taylor Fleming (1995). “Motherhood Deferred: A Woman's Journey”, Fawcett

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• Theres no doubt about it: Hillary is the best person to be our 45th president. Hillary has always been a tireless advocate for working families - shes never ceased to make sure everybody has a fair shot at achieving the American Dream.

  Joaquin Castro

  Dream, Doubt, President

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• Trying to be the best. Failing. Getting back up. Those characteristics are going to allow you to make great decisions. They are going to allow you to compete. They are going to allow you to achieve your best. That's the American dream.

  Ronnie Lott

  Dream, Getting Back Up, Decision

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• The world of nominal, cultural Christianity that took the American dream and added Jesus to it in order to say, 'you can have everything you ever wanted and Heaven too,' is soon to be gone. Good riddance.

  Russell D. Moore

  Dream, Jesus, Order

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• The American dream only makes sense if you're sleeping.

  Lowkey

  Dream, Sleep, Make Sense

  Song: Obama Nation 2, Album: Soundtrack To Struggle

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• Today's fathers and mothers--with only the American dream for guidance--extend and overextend themselves, physically, emotionally,and financially, during the best years of their lives to ensure that their children will grow up prepared to do better and go further than they did.

  Stella Chess

  Mother, Dream, Children

  Stella Chess, Jane Whitbread (1978). “Daughters: from infancy to independence”

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• Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve the American Dream.

  Michael K. Powell

  Dream, Fields, Tools

  "Broadband Internet Keeps The American Dream Alive & Accessible" by Michael K. Powell, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 5, 2010.

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• I was just trying to fit in to the stereotype American dream, exactly what my parents and everyone expected of me, i met someone who's -- who's awesome, you know, we got along good.

  Christophe Beck

  Dream, Parent, Trying

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• I have lived the American dream in every aspect, and now I hope to make a very big impact in helping the planet.

  Hollis Stacy

  Dream, Impact, Helping

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• If you listen closely to the voices of our veterans, you understand that yes, they all returned from war changed, but what never changed is this: They never forgot your generosity. They never forgot the power of opportunity. They never forgot the American dream.

  Michael Mullen

  Dream, War, Opportunity

  Address to Soldiers' Angels Gala, Washington, D.C., November 06, 2008.

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• I think you have to repudiate torture and I think you have to end what's going on at Guantanamo and you have to live up to American values. Basically you restore - what the American dream brought to the world stage was respect for the individual and the idea that people aren't pawns that rulers can push around but they have rights.

  Wesley Clark

  Dream, Thinking, Rights

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• The ant, who has toiled and dragged a crumb to his nest, will furiously defend the fruit of his labor, against whatever robber assails him. So plain, that the most dumb and stupid slave that ever toiled for a master, does constantly know that he is wronged.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Dream, Stupid, Dumb

  "Fragment on Slavery" ca. 1 July 1854

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• I believe it is essential to have English as the official language of our National Government, for the English language is the tie that binds the millions of immigrants who come to America from divergent backgrounds. We should, and do, encourage immigrants to maintain and share their traditions, customs and religions, but the use of English is essential for immigrants and their children to participate fully in American society and achieve the American dream.

  Jim Sensenbrenner

  Dream, Children, Believe

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• In the two centuries that have passed since 1776, millions upon millions of Americans have worked and taken up arms when necessary to make that dream a reality. We can be extremely proud of what they have accomplished. Today, we are the world's oldest republic. We are at peace. Our Nation and our way of life endure. We are free.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Dream, Freedom, Taken

  Gerald R. Ford's Address at Memorial Day Ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. May 31, 1976.

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• I'm not the American Nightmare. I am the American Dream!

  Donald Freed

  Dream, America, Nightmare

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