The American Dream is not about gadgets. It’s not about the size of our gross national product. It’s not about the level of technological sophistication. The American Dream is about man. It’s about broadening the opportunities and facilitating the growth of every human being, so that each person can reach out and achieve a sense of purpose and fulfillment.

— Walter Reuther Putting the World Together: My Father Walter Reuther: The Liberal Warrior (2004)

More quotes by Walter Reuther

Address before the Indian Council on World Affairs (1956)

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