To the European immigrant - that is, to the aliens who have been converted into Americans by the advantages of American life - the Promise of America has consisted largely in the opportunity which it offered of economic independence and prosperity.
The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of the American nation points towards an adequate and fruitful definition of the democratic ide...
I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.
I really love stand-up. I'm more than happy to do it for nothing. I've come to America to do it for nothing. It's the American Dream: Work for free.
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
We think there's a huge opportunity in smaller vehicles. Smaller vehicles done in an American way.
Immigrants have faced huge obstacles to achieving the American Dream, yet have persevered to overcome them.
The promise of the American Dream requires that we are all provided an equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to our nation.
Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest!
I never thought that I would come to live in the United States. I was not pursuing the American dream.
I only became an actor to get your attention, to challenge the archetype of an African American male; I can't be anything else in this lifetime than an African American man.
Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.
The vast majority of Americans, at all coordinates of the economic spectrum, consider themselves middle class; this is a deeply ingrained, distinctly American cognitive dissonance.
This is going to be a very transparent Justice Department. But I'm not gonna sacrifice the safety of the American people or our ability to protect the American homeland.
All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.
We just can't trust the American people to make those types of choices.... Government has to make those choices for people.
It turns out one of my ancestors fought in the Continental Army, so I was inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution.
It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default.
Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our President and fight. We're Americans. We're Americans, and we'll never surrender. They will.
American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows.
Our military doesn't defend our American people. Our military is the strong-arm muscle of corporations.
