“When they go low, we go high.”
Michelle Obama (1964) lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady of the United States
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu_hCThhzWU
Eric Holder To Democrats: ‘When They Go Low, We Kick Them’, The Federalist, October 10, 2018
2010s
“When they go low, we go high.”
Michelle Obama (1964) lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady of the United States
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu_hCThhzWU
“We pulled for you when the wind was against us and the sails were low.
Will you never let us go?”
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist
Song of the Galley-Slaves http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/verse/p4/galleyslaves.html, l. 1-2 (1893). <br class="br">Other works
William J. Bernstein (1948) economist
Source: The Four Pillars of Investing (2002), Chapter 1, No Guts, No Glory, p. 12.
“When the stakes are high, bow down low.”
Beth Moore (1957) American evangelist
Source: Daniel: Lives of Integrity, Words of Prophecy - Member Book
Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) Puerto Rican baseball player
Speaking with the San Juan Star in September 1970, as quoted in Clemente! (1973) by Kal Wagenheim, p. 178
Baseball-related, <big><big>1970s</big></big>, <big>1970</big>
Michael Swanwick book The Iron Dragon's Daughter
Source: The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993), Chapter 12 (p. 209)
Tom Lehrer (1928) American singer-songwriter and mathematician
"We Will All Go Together When We Go"
An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer (1959)
Mike Parson (1955) American politician
Mike Parson brings variety of experience to Missouri lieutenant governor job http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/mike-parson-brings-variety-experience-missouri-lieutenant-governor-job#stream/0 (December 20, 2016)
Sam Walton (1918–1992) Founder of Wal-Mart and Sam's Club
Attributed in Adam L. Penenberg, "Why Google Is Like Wal-Mart" https://archive.is/20130630165550/www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/04/67287?currentPage=all, Wired, 21 April 2005