==== ==== For free videos and other information on hundreds of topics, please visit our site http://blogs4u.biz/ ==== ==== The American Dream America is unlike any other nation in the history of the world. When you think of those historic words written by Emma Lazarus that are on the Statue of Liberty, they summarize wonderfully the amazing history of this great nation. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door! This is a nation of immigrants. It is a nation of people who came here from far away, fro something better. If you looked into the hearts of those brave immigrants, you probably could find as many diverse reasons for their coming as there are people who populate this great land. But there is and was one unifying desire in the heart of each of those immigrants that lives on in the hearts of all citizens of this country, they all held deeply in their hearts the American dream. The American dream is so much more than two cars in the driveway and a chicken in every pot. That phrase, so simple and elegant, encapsulates a deeply held desire for greatness that make this country, and the people that are its citizens so unique in the world. Part of the American dream has to be love of family. For so many, the struggle to get here was difficult and costly. Many worked for decades, maybe gave their lives in the struggle for that one dream they held dear. That dream was to make a better world for their children to live in. And that better world could only be dreamt of in America. Another part of the American dream cannot be minimized in any way except to say it is a dream of greatness. America is a land where greatness is possible. It isnt only possible to the privileged few. It isnt only possible to the rich or to those in a closed society at the top of the economic pyramid. Greatness is possible for each and every American if they will work hard, not give up the dream and reach for that dream without giving up. There is no question that a wonderful part of the American dream is to be part of this rich and diverse culture that is so unique in this country. From baseball to Broadway, from jazz to rock and roll, the American culture is the envy of the world. It is such a magnetic culture that much of it has been copied in other countries around the world. But nobody can be Americans like Americans can. And the dream of thousands, maybe even millions around the world is to be one of those privileged few that can call themselves Americans. There is so much that makes up that unique American spirit that each immigrant and citizens strives for each and every day. It is a commitment to community that makes us a great nation of volunteers. It is a love of humor and fun that makes the arts and humanities in America so diverse
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