... to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." A timeless statement by Thomas Jefferson that epitomizes what the American Dream originally stood for upon the creation of our great country. The American Dream was founded upon the ideal that each ... of his own talents or energies, and originally related to a desire for spiritual and material improvement. However beginning in the early 1920s, the material aspect of the dream was too readily achieve...

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... anything is achievable if you work for it, a land of opportunity. Early settlers, like the Jews, came to America as refugees, fleeing persecution, in search of a new life. Our country and dream symbolises freedom, liberty and equality. Thomas Jefferson imprinted these principles on our society in our Declaration of Independence. "We ... hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the ... Tom are the agents that make the pursuit of social advancement t...

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