Allen West Quotes

The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve, because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity.

Fairness is not the end result, it's the opportunity. And everybody in America today has the opportunity to get ahead.

Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.

They don't call it the Italian Dream or the English Dream. In America, there is the American Dream. It was the first place to give people of any social background their dream. You can achieve anything.

Middle America believes in fair play, an equal opportunity to succeed or to fail.

Are we a nation of guarantees or are we a nation of opportunities to achieve the American dream?

Let the path be open to talent.

Everyone must have a shot at the American Dream.

In a country where there is no privileged class, genius and industry may attain the highest honors.

We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American; she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own.

America just works better when more people have a chance to live their dreams

Obama is the splendid fruit of a meritocracy.

There are people a lot smarter, a lot more talented than I am, people who've accomplished things I can only imagine. Often, they started from the most humble of circumstances. That's my message: freedom and opportunity. That's the American Dream.

I think this country is genuinely a meritocracy.

There are few things that define us as a country more distinctly than the idea of the American Dream. The idea that anyone can make it here through hard work and dedication. And that dream rests on giving people here a fair shot.

The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

We need to be united, and we all need to understand that we're all capable of achieving the American dream. And, but that has to be something that is self-realized. And also, to demonize someone for achieving the American dream is unfair.

Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.

What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all - the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.

No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.

We're Americans. We celebrate success. We just don't want the game to be rigged.

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.

Equality of opportunity means the achievers must be allowed to achieve.

America is preeminently the land of great possibilities, of great opportunities, and of no less great probabilities.... We all stand on the great field of renown, with a free and equal chance.... We all have a fair chance and an open field. Long may it so remain.

Our country has become the land of opportunity to those born without inheritance.