American Dream/Quotes

You've been refered to by some as the world's greatest boyscout, fighting for truth, justice and the American Way... as if they were some inseperable holy trinity.

Truth? That's in the teller. Just calmly massaged words that very well be nothing but carefully finessed lies. Justice? Belongs to the Judge, who sits above those who put him up because they can't trust themselves.

And the American Way? It constantly evolves out of something that proves to be true and a lie, just and more... All men are created equal. You are not a man!

—Lex Luthor

Let's forget all this bullshit about the Great American Dream. The important thing is the Great Samoan Dream.

—Dr. Gonzo, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

"We do not see faith, hope, and charity as unattainable ideals, but we use them as stout supports of a nation fighting the fight for freedom in a modern civilization."

—Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"I am a lawyer. Yes. We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice. Insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure of the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. God bless America."

"I am a liar. No. We the acid scarred victims of history of evil and hypocrisy exalt criminals to office. Vietnam, El Salvador, Chile with lovely missiles, roaring bombs of the rich and the white and the pious and burn children and torture women. Forever and ever, amen. God bless America."

—Harvey Dent / Two-Face, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth

Jimmy Darmody: I just want an oportunity.

Nucky Thompson: This is America. What the fuck is stopping you?

—Boardwalk Empire

"You have the American dream! The dream is to be born in a gutter and grow up, and then get all the money in the world and stick it in your ears and go THBBBBBT."

—Eddie Izzard

"It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it."

—George Carlin

Nite Owl: What happened to the American Dream?

Comedian: It came true. You're lookin' at it.

—Watchmen

"I'm gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It's the only dream you can have -- to come out a number-one man. He fought it out here, and this is where I'm gonna win it for him."

—Happy Loman, Death of a Salesman... who is missing the point of the story he's in quite spectacularly.