Quotes from Farewell Speech — Michelle Obama
born 1964 United States
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7 quotes
You cannot take your freedoms for granted. Just like generations who have come before you, you have to do your part to preserve and protect those freedoms.
Farewell Speech (2017)
We wanted to make higher education cool. We wanted to change the conversation around what it means and what it takes to be a success in this country.
Farewell Speech (2017)
Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you don't matter, or like you don't have a place in our American story — because you do.
Farewell Speech (2017)
“At fifty-four, I am still in progress, and I hope that I always will be.” Perier. M (2020) Michelle Obama in 12 powerful quotes
Farewell Speech (2017)
Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered. Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise. Lead by example with hope, never fear.
Farewell Speech (2017)
I want our young people to continue to learn and practice those values with pride. You see, our glorious diversity — our diversities of faiths and colors and creeds — that is not a threat to who we are, it makes us who we are.
Farewell Speech (2017)
That's the kind of hope that every single one of us — politicians, parents, preachers — all of us need to be providing for our young people. Because that is what moves this country forward every single day — our hope for the future and the hard work that hope inspires.
Farewell Speech (2017)