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“In this country, it's never been each person for themselves. No, we're all in this together. We always have been.”

Source: Commencement address at City College of New York, 3 June 2016

Context In her final commencement address as First Lady, she spoke to graduates of the City College of New York, a public college with a large immigrant and working-class student body.

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Michelle ObamaUnited States · b. 1964
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