Michelle Obama: Speeches on Life, Love, and American Values

by Michelle Obama

Everybody cut and run because it was very unpopular not to be afraid—to talk about hope and possibility.

I knew, with a man like that, I could raise a family with him. I could build a life that would be whole and solid and stable. As I got to know him more, I saw how he struggled to live his values. Not just understand them, but how to make choices with the notion that, ‘To whom much is given, much is expected.’