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“I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and I watch my daughters — two beautiful, intelligent, black young women — playing with their dogs on the White House lawn.”
Source: Speech at the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia, 25 July 2016
Context On the convention's opening night, she reflected on the history of the White House and her family's life there while urging delegates to support Hillary Clinton for president.
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