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The American Dream: From Opportunity to Entitlement

By Mark Morgan Ford · November 18, 2025 · 1 min read
The American Dream: From Opportunity to Entitlement

“The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” – James Truslow Adams, American writer and historian

 

The American Dream: From Opportunity to Entitlement

“The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches – with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the grindstone – was once at the core of the American Dream.” – Robert Reich, former US Secretary of Labor

 

The American Dream: From Opportunity to Entitlement

“The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. The American dream is that every man must be free to become whatever God intends he should become.” – Ronald Reagan