land of promise

Senate, Scott often points to his personal story as proof that America remains a land of promise.

It was billed as a land of promise — a place where free Black Americans could obtain more political rights and a better quality of life.

She regarded America as a land of promise, flawed but striving to live up to its ideals, yet since 9/11, it seemed to her that U.S. leaders had lost sight of what made the country distinct and worth emulating.

“They really felt like this was the land of promise, and so we want our children to have an education, but I think they were also quite scared of American culture,” she says.

He can savor a recent win: helping bring Awalmir, aka Al, an Afghanistan translator and friend, to live with him in America - a land of promise as well as extreme culture shock for the Muslim newcomer.