Mercedes Schlapp Quotes

The American Dream

When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit.

I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.

America is a country with so much opportunity. I'm living the blessings of what this country offers.

'America' is synonymous with opportunity.

The American Dream is about freedom.

The American dream is about freedom.

America allows us to be able to dream, then gives us the ability to achieve those dreams.

Our prosperity comes from something that is really marvellous—that is unlimited freedom.

There are no limits to growth and human progress when men and women are free to follow their dreams.

Go to the United States and see what they are doing with the American Dream..

America is another name for opportunity.

Incentives matter. Dreams matter. We cannot strip incentives away. Dreams are the foundation of the American dream, which is so intrinsic to who we are.

They talk about the American Dream. I still believe in that. I still believe that this is a great country, where great things can happen, where anybody can become president of the United States. Just that simple statement there defines so much about the whole business of liberty and freedom and the pursuit of happiness.

Who doesn't like the American Dream?

For millions on the outside looking in, this is where they want to live - America.

One of the beautiful and terrible things about America is you can go there and still be whatever you want, if you bust your ass and you have some luck.

I really have the American dream licked.

So the America I came to know growing up was filled with all the excitement and possibilities found in living the American dream.

I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.

Education equals choices. I have been blessed with the choice to be anything I ever wanted to be, and I truly owe my happiness to my family and education.

I'm living the American dream.

I've lived the American dream.

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.

There is something very unique in American iconography about this notion of the pursuit of happiness.