Campaign Quote by Jodi Kantor

Michelle Obama is a powerful example of someone who has learned how to align her actions with her values, manage boundaries across domains of…

— Stewart D. Friedman

[Michelle Obama] was the hardest sell. And she never fully embraced being in the public spotlight, which is ironic, given how good she is.

— Barack Obama

I love Obama. And Michelle. I was so grateful for them. They were such stunning people. We were lucky to have them. They were…

— Mellody Hobson

The Michelle Obama that her old friends remember, that people knew in Chicago, she was a really incisive social critic. She knew how to…

— Jodi Kantor

[Barack Obama] and Michelle, in my heart, this is my personal feeling, epitomize what my mother and my father were. They are community organizers…

— Malaak Shabazz

Michelle Obama is somebody who really wants to take the high road.

— Jodi Kantor

“The fact of Barack Obama, of Michelle Obama, changed our lives. Their very existence opened a market. It is important to say this, to…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Michelle Obama, and any woman behind an influential man, has always been there.

— Pauletta Pearson Washington

I remember meeting President Obama and looking at him, thinking, 'Damn, this dude is really our president. He really went out and did it!'…

— Jamie Foxx

Martha Stewart convinced me to have a business. She sometimes takes a very personal interest, and she kept saying, 'You have to open your…

— Ron Ben-Israel

I'm riding my man Obama. I think he's a visionary. Actually, Barack told me the first date he took Michelle to was 'Do the…

— Spike Lee

Meeting President Obama was amazing. Very inspiring.

— DJ Khaled