Tag: Michelle Obama
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I am so tired of fear. And I don’t want my girls to live in a country, in a world, based on fear.
Michelle Obama
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Remember, it is not about voting for the perfect candidate – there is no such thing. Presidents are human.
Michelle Obama
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Right now, when we’re hearing so much disturbing and hateful rhetoric, it is so important to remember that our diversity has been – and will always be – our greatest source of strength and pride here in the United States.
Michelle Obama
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You don’t have to be somebody different to be important. You’re important in your own right.
Michelle Obama
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Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.
Michelle Obama
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I have seen how leaders rule by intimidation. Leaders who demonize and dehumanize entire groups of people often do so because they have nothing else to offer. And I have seen how places that stifle the voices and dismiss the potential of their citizens are diminished: how they are less vital, less hopeful, less free.
Michelle Obama
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I remember one parent-teacher conference at the lower school, and Barack went, and there were SWAT guys on top of the roof of the school. And Malia was like, ‘Dad, really? Really? Do they really have to be up there?’ And it’s like, yeah, honey, they do.
Michelle Obama
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I was a sociology major. And it had nothing to do necessarily with law, which is ultimately – I went to law school. But what I tried to do was choose something that I was passionate about or something that I cared about.
Michelle Obama
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People want to feel hopeful.
Michelle Obama
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I come here tonight as a sister, blessed with a brother who is my mentor, my protector and my lifelong friend. And I come here as a wife who loves my husband and believes he will be an extraordinary president.
Michelle Obama