Our greatness has never, ever come from sitting back and feeling entitled to what we have. It's never come from folks who climb the ladder of success, or who happen to be born near the top and then pull that ladder up after themselves. No, our greatness has always come from people who expect nothing and take nothing for granted.
Michelle Obama
City College of New York Commencement 2016, 2016
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Michelle Obama chose City College of New York — one of the most diverse public universities in America, with students representing over 150 nationalities and speaking more than 100 languages — for her final commencement address as First Lady. The choice was deliberate: this was a school founded on the principle that talent and ambition 'know no distinctions of race, nationality, wealth, or fame.' She built her case by naming what America was not: a country of entitlement, of ladder-pullers, of people who coasted on inherited advantage. Then she named what it was: a country built by people like these graduates — commuting hours to class, juggling multiple jobs, studying on subways and during work breaks. The speech was implicitly political without naming anyone, contrasting an inclusive vision of American identity with the rising nativist rhetoric of the 2016 election cycle.
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