From The Foster House To The White House Quotes

“It is interesting to me that people assume that since I am black and grew up in foster care, I would automatically want to be a Democrat. Why would I embrace the mentality that I saw hold so many other people in bondage? Why would I want to be told how to think when I can think for myself? Why would I want to depend on the government to live when America has given me the opportunity to make my own way? The American Dream is not poverty and the projects. The American Dream is not victimhood and handouts. The American Dream is not subjugation and suppression of free speech and thought. The American Dream is the freedom to succeed and thrive, blossoming in the gifts and abilities that God has endowed within us. I believe in this beautiful Nation that God has given us. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are the things that make our Nation great. The wool had been pulled over our eyes”
― Terrence Williams, From The Foster House To The White House

“If a tiny boy, birthed from the poverty of the projects and a crack-addicted mother, can make it from a foster house to the White House, then the American Dream is real and achievable for everyone.”
― Terrence Williams, From The Foster House To The White House

“The Democrats had enslaved black America, stripping away their belief in the American Dream, but Trump was allowing them to rise up. He didn’t offer up empty rhetoric-- he took decisive action, eliminating regulations that killed jobs, cutting taxes for the middle class, and creating over one million jobs for black Americans. The black unemployment rate plummeted to an all-time low, narrowing the gap between racial disparities in regards to those out of jobs. He replaced handouts with opportunity and the idea that America is great because it is the land of opportunity where anyone can accomplish anything.”
― Terrence Williams, From The Foster House To The White House

“Why would I embrace the mentality that I saw hold so many other people in bondage? Why would I want to be told how to think when I can think for myself? Why would I want to depend on the government to live when America has given me the opportunity to make my own way? The American Dream is not poverty and the projects. The American Dream is not victimhood and handouts… The American Dream is the freedom to succeed and thrive, blossoming in the gifts and abilities that God has endowed within us.”
― Terrence Williams, From The Foster House To The White House

“The Democratic Party had done nothing for me except try to turn me into a victim. They thought that the scraps of public assistance that they handed out should earn them unending loyalty within the black ecommunity, and anyone who questioned this would be attacked with seething hatred and threats. For speaking out, I was called racist, a sell-out, a tap-dancer for the white man, and far worse for simply voicing my personal nonpartisan ideas. I questioned the status quo and was raked across the coals for it by Democrats.”
― Terrence Williams, From The Foster House To The White House

“For years, the liberals had pushed a platform of false tolerance, not extending this same tolerance to anyone with views that didn’t match their own. If I didn’t get in line with what black Americans were told to believe, then I was a threat who needed to be brought down.”
― Terrence Williams, From The Foster House To The White House

“In all the things that (my crack-addicted mother) did wrong, she did some things right. My mom chose to give us all life, and I love her for this. Life births opportunity, and we are each responsible for the decisions we make with our given opportunities… We can’t control the circumstances that we are born into, but this does not negate the value of the life that we are given. Everyone deserves a chance to live and learn from experience.”
― Terrence Williams, From The Foster House To The White House