Quote of the Day (Michelle Obama, Urging Graduates ‘To Protect the Ground That’s Already Been Won’)

“We’ve got a responsibility to protect the ground that’s already been won, because it can just as easily be lost. It can be gone. We’ve got a responsibility to live up to the legacy of those who came before us by doing all that we can to help those who come after us.”—Former First Lady Michelle Obama, “Remarks by the First Lady at North Carolina A&T University Commencement,” Greensboro, N.C., May 12, 2012

(The image accompanying this post, of Michelle Obama at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, was taken Aug. 23, 2024, by Armando Tinoco.)

Quote of the Day (Michelle Obama, on the ‘Truly Strong’)

“People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.”—Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, “The Full Transcript of Michelle Obama's Powerful New Hampshire Speech,” The Guardian (U.K.), Oct. 14, 2016