I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by their character.Martin Luther King

The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam...”

J.G. Ballard

We believe that what matters most is not narrow appeals masquerading as values, but the shared values that show the true face of America; not narrow values that divide us, but the shared values that unite us: family, faith, hard work, opportunity and responsibility for all, so that every child, every adult, every parent, every worker in America has an equal shot at living up to their God-given potential. That is the American dream and the American value.”

John Kerry

I think it means a lot of ugly things. I think it means being absolutely certain the whole world wants to live the way you live, that the American bathroom is the answer to everybody's dream and all that kind of thing, American values. The American dream is a nightmare sometimes. There are things that happen in this country that are just unbelievable. If the American dream is Columbine High School, you know, I don't know what the American dream is.

Shelby Foote

Build up your credit
Build up your self esteem
Build up your bank account
Moving up in the scene
Everyone's living the American Dream so we can
Build up an army
And SMASH it to pieces!”

Christine Anderson

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.
Douglas Macarthur

For a long time, the American dream meant, you know, a chicken in every pot and a Frigidaire, right? You know, "You need a Frigidaire in the kitchen." And now we're beginning to realize that the American dream really is not about uniformity, but it's about -- I don't want to say diversity. What I want to say is, it's more like a mosaic. It's not a melting pot, it's a mosaic Rita Dove

Former Poet Laureate of the United States