HONOR

 

 

 

“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.”

—Final remarks as First Lady, School Counselor of the Year Reach Higher Event, January 6, 2017

 

 

 

“MEN WHO ARE TRULY ROLE MODELS—

DON’T NEED TO PUT DOWN WOMEN

TO MAKE THEMSELVES FEEL POWERFUL.

PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY STRONG

LIFT OTHERS UP. PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY

POWERFUL BRING OTHERS TOGETHER.”

—Hillary for America Campaign Event, October 13, 2016

 

 

 

“IF PROUD AMERICANS CAN

BE WHO THEY ARE AND BOLDLY

STAND AT THE ALTAR

WITH WHO THEY LOVE THEN SURELY,

SURELY WE CAN GIVE EVERYONE

IN THIS COUNTRY A FAIR CHANCE

AT THAT GREAT AMERICAN DREAM.”

—Democratic National Convention, September 4, 2012

 

 

 

“That is THE STORY OF THIS COUNTRY …

the story of GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE

who felt the lash of bondage, the shame of servitude,

the sting of segregation, but WHO KEPT ON

STRIVING AND HOPING AND DOING

WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE so that today,

I wake up every morning in a house that was

built by slaves—and I watch my daughters—

two beautiful, intelligent, black young women—

playing with their dogs on the White House lawn.”

—Democratic National Convention, July 25, 2016

 

 

 

“YOU TOO,

WITH THESE VALUES,

CAN CONTROL

YOUR OWN DESTINY.

YOU TOO, CAN

PAVE THE WAY.”

—Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School, April 2, 2009

 

 

 

“YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO

BE EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE.

But I also want to be very clear:

This right isn’t just handed to you.

No, this right has to be

earned every single day.”

—Final remarks as First Lady, School Counselor of the Year Reach Higher Event, January 6, 2017

 

 

 

“FEAR IS A USELESS EMOTION.

DON’T EVER MAKE DECISIONS

BASED ON FEAR.

MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON

HOPE AND POSSIBILITY.

MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON

WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN,

NOT WHAT SHOULDN’T.”

—Phoenix, Arizona, campaign fundraiser, June 3, 2008

 

 

 

“If you or your parents are

IMMIGRANTS, know that

YOU ARE PART OF A PROUD

AMERICAN TRADITION—

the infusion of new cultures, talents

and ideas, generation after generation,

THAT HAS MADE US

THE GREATEST COUNTRY

ON EARTH.”

—Final remarks as First Lady, School Counselor of the Year Reach Higher Event, January 6, 2017

 

 

 

“Barack and I were raised with so

many of the same values, like you

WORK HARD FOR WHAT

YOU WANT IN LIFE.

That your word is your bond; that you

do what you say you’re going to do. That you

TREAT PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY

and respect, even if you don’t know them

and even if you don’t agree with them.”

—Democratic National Convention, August 25, 2008

 

 

 

“THERE ARE STILL SO MANY

CAUSES WORTH SACRIFICING FOR.

THERE IS STILL SO MUCH

HISTORY YET TO BE MADE.”

—Young African Women Leaders Forum, June 22, 2011