• Founder of the declaration of independence in the United States, said: "... adhere to certain truths to be self-evident that all people, born equal, they are the creator endowed with certain inalienable rights, including the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Perhaps this idea is considered to be the foundation of the American dream.
American Dream
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What is the American dream ?
• Emphasising on America's founding ideals of democracy, equality and freedom. • An emphasis on equality, especially the material prosperity of American ideal (refers to the pursuit of the rich, all are free and opportunities)
• American way of life, American culture
The American dream
• The "American dream" is a universal faith belief by many americans, equality of opportunity is the soul of the "American dream". • Intelligence, diligence and perseverance is the necessary condition of the American dream and huge social class vertical flows, especially from the lower class to upper-class social mobility is the most significant feature of the American dream shows.
William Jefferson Clican Dream, first expressed by James Truslow Adams in 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.
• Some people say that the American dream has turned into the pursuit of material prosperity, people spend more time to work, get a bigger car, a more ideal home, more prosperous, these efforts just for the sake of his family - but they have little time to enjoy the results. Others say that the American dream is not suitable for the people who make two copies of hard work, they just to make sure your family life. There are also some people pursuit of a new American dream, less focus on financial gain, more focused on a simple, fulfilling life.
The ultra Rockefeller and Carnegie is such self-made typical.
John Davison Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie Henry Ford
Bill Gates
In today's America, Bill Gates is perhaps the most successful implementer of the "American dream"; And former US President Bill Clinton's course is a typical "American dream".
• The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the second sentence of the United States Declaration of Independence which states that "all men are created equal" and that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights" including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”