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Whoopi Goldberg
Actress and Activist
Whoopi Goldberg: I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done. The great divide between my era and the eras that come after me is that you are not getting the encouragement and the "hands-on" from your government. A lot of times your teachers have been left out in the cold. So it's hard for them to focus the way that teachers were focused when I was a kid. There's not a lot of work out there as there were when I was a kid. We had programs that were set up by the country. So, the fact that you're making it now, makes you 5,000 times the person that those who came before you were. Because we had a lot of help, and there's very little help out there now.
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Alberto Gonzales
Former Attorney General of the United States
I travel a lot around the country, and when I was in Texas government I traveled a lot around the state, and there were many people, many people who have similar stories. I mean, it is the greatness of this great country. People that come -- because they come up to me after I speak -- and they say, "My story is just like yours. My parents, you know, they had nothing, and here I am. Everyone in our family has gone to college, and this is what I'm doing." I mean it's a wonderful story. So my story is not unique by any stretch. I mean there are many people in this great country who have come from similar beginnings, and because they've worked hard and applied themselves and have put themselves in a position to take advantage of an opportunity that comes along, they're able to do some wonderful things.
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