Michelle Obama (1964) lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady of the United States
2010s, Democratic National Convention speech (2012)
“The American people have responded magnificently, with courage and compassion, strength and resolve. As I have met the heroes, hugged the families, and looked into the tired faces of rescuers, I have stood in awe of the American people.”
2000s, 2002, State of the Union address (January 2002)
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Still Me (1999); also quoted at the Christopher Reeve Foundation http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.geIMLPOpGjF/b.1097025/k.6FF5/Christopher_and_Dana_Reeve.htm <br class="br">Context: When the first Superman movie came out, I gave dozens of interviews to promote it. The most frequent question was: What is a hero? My answer was that a hero is someone who commits a courageous action without considering the consequences. Now my definition is completely different. I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. They are the real heroes, and so are the families and friends who have stood by them.
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2000s, Promises to Keep (2008)
Jimmy Carter (1924) American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981)
Post-Presidency, DNC address (2004)
Context: I am not discouraged. I really am not. I do not despair for our country. I never do. I believe tonight, as I always have, that the essential decency and compassion and common sense of the American people will prevail.
And so I say to you and to others around the world, whether they wish us well or ill: Do not underestimate us Americans.
Gerald Ford (1913–2006) American politician, 38th President of the United States (in office from 1974 to 1977)
1970s, Proclamation 4417 (1976)
Variant: I call upon the American people to affirm with me this American Promise -- that we have learned from the tragedy of that long-ago experience forever to treasure liberty and justice for each individual American, and resolve that this kind of action shall never again be repeated.
“If I want my people to be free, Americans have to be free.”
Russell Means (1939–2012) Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of Native American people
Source: Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means
Tariq Aziz (1936–2015) Iraqi Foreign Minister under Saddam Hussein
attributed to Tareq Aziz in a July, 2007 interview http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1516.htm with former Iraqi press secretary Abd Al-Jabbar Muhsen
Mike Pence (1959) 48th Vice President of the United States
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“I have never seen faces, but because I have looked people in the eye, only their gazes.”
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951) Austrian-American composer
As quoted in "The Red Gaze"' in Expressionism (2004) by Norbert Wolf, p. 92
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