First lady Quote by Barack Obama
![“Michelle [Obama] never fully took to the scrutiny. I mean, she's thrived as a first lady, but it's not her preference.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c1a/barack-obama-17_first-lady_michelle-obama-never-fully-took-to-the-s_2721087.jpg)
“Michelle [Obama] never fully took to the scrutiny. I mean, she's thrived as a first lady, but it's not her preference.”
“Michelle [Obama] never fully took to the scrutiny. I mean, she's thrived as a first lady, but it's not her preference.”
![“[Michelle Obama] was the hardest sell. And she never fully embraced being in the public spotlight, which is ironic, given how good she is.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7de/barack-obama-17_given_michelle-obama-was-the-hardest-sell-and_2434873.jpg)
![“That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we get the black to see through the eyes of the white? Or the citizen to see through the eyes of the immigrant? Or the straight to see through the eyes of the gay? That has…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/00d/barack-obama-17_black_that-is-another-theme-in-the-book-dreams_10185.jpg)
![“I think the fact that she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was a woman probably in those days would have been an additional criticism, although first ladies by definition in those days were women. There's always been a problem and still is, about the role the first lady should play, of course. Everybody's seen…” quote by William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dbf/william-a-rusher-20922_clinton_i-think-the-fact-that-she-eleanor-roosev_133419.jpg)
