“People who work the day shift, kiss their kids goodnight, and head out for the night shift — without disappointment, without regret — that goodnight kiss a reminder of everything they're working for.”

2000s, Democratic National Convention speech (2008)

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lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady … 1964

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