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    1. Freedom to live our own life.”“Someone could start from nothing.”

      This speaks for itself, having the freedom to love our one life and having the mindset that we can start from nothin. And vecino en something is so important. We all have the right to choose our life and how we want to go about it. I think these two quotes are so important to keep in mind.

    2. t is that promise that’s always set this country apart, that through hard work and sacrifi ce each of us can pursue our indi-vidual dreams, but still come together as one American family

      With hard work is e can all reach out American dream. Weather it’s having a business or just having a steady income, we can all achieve what we want with the effort we put into out goals.

    3. In 2009, 75 percent told pollsters from CBS News and the New Yo r k Ti m e s that they had either already achieved the American Dream or that they expected to achieve it; only one in fi ve said it was unattain-able (CBS News/New York Times 2009

      To me this is very important, this proves that many people have already achieved their goals. Either they have achieved them or they’re very close, this country allows you to have bigger opportunities and I have personally seen that in my parents, coming from a small town in Mexico and now having a house in the United States.

    4. is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regard-less of the fortuitous circumstances of their birth.

      The dream is not to have a fancy luxurious life, but to have justice that’d the luxury we all want and need. Not cars and houses but social justice.

    5. Th e resiliency of the American Dream can be traced to the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and its promise that citizens of the new nation

      The whole idea of the “American Dream” is traced back to the Declaration of Independence. People were given the hope of having a new nation and having a new opportunity to have bigger dreams.