“During the first campaign, one of my jobs as my husband's spouse was to travel around the country and really listen to women. There were voices that were new to me: the voices of military spouses, many of them women, and veterans.... I was overwhelmed by their challenges, and the notion that we as a country don't even know that these women exist, because we live in a country where one percent of the population protects the rights and freedoms of the other 99 percent of us. I thought that if I had the opportunity to serve as First Lady, I was going to use this platform to be their voice.” IfsKnowsFirstsCountryUseJobsOpportunityVoiceChallengesRightsMilitaryProtectHusbandPercentNotionPopulationCampaignsMy HusbandPlatformsSpouseVeteranOverwhelmedFirst LadyRights And FreedomsMilitary Spouse Author:Michelle Obama
“Truly 1 percent of this country serves and protects the freedoms of the other 99 percent of us, so many of us don't have that connection. Fortunately, Jill Biden does. She's a blue-star mom. Their son was in the National Guard - or is in the - in - is a Reservist.” DoeCountryStarsSonMomProtectPercentConnectionsBlueBidenNational Guard Author:Michelle Obama
“Our lives are now in a telephone, all our data, all our finances, all our personal information, and so it's proper that we have some constraints on that. But it's not going to be 100 percent. If it is 100 percent, then we're not going to be able to protect ourselves and our societies from some people who are trying to hurt us.” PeopleIfsTryingAbleHurtOur LivesInformationProtectPercentFinanceDataOur SocietyTelephonesConstraintsPersonal Information Author:Barack Obama
“What if we gave fifty percent of our discretionary budget to the world’s poor and then counted on the moral power of that action to protect us?” IfsWorldActionPoorMoralProtectPercentBudgetsFiftyWhat If Author:Anne Lamott
“One percent of people will always be honest and never steal," the locksmith said. "Another one percent will always be dishonest and always try to pick your lock and steal your television. And the rest will be honest as long as the conditions are right - but if they are tempted enough, they'll be dishonest too. Locks won't protect you from the thieves, who can get in your house if they really want to. They will only protect you from the mostly honest people who might be tempted to try your door if it had no lock".” PeopleIfsWantTryingLongSaidEnoughMightHouseDoorsConditionsHonestTelevisionProtectPicksPercentStealingBeing HonestThievesLocksTemptedProtect YouHonest People Book:The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – Especially Ourselves Source: The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – Especially Ourselves