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10 emotional quotes from Michelle Obama's speech

Natalie DiBlasio
USA TODAY

First Lady Michelle Obama took the stage at a Hillary Clinton campaign event in Manchester, N.H., Thursday. The first lady again took on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, reacting to the recently released 2005 recording in which he's heard graphically discussing groping women, which was followed this week by accusations from multiple women that he'd made unwanted sexual advances toward them, which he has denied.

First lady Michelle Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Manchester, N.H.

Obama told CNN she shelved her original speech to address the tape. These are some of the most emotional quotes from her speech:

On the 2005 video released by the Washington Post of Trump talking with former Access Hollywood host of Billy Bush about groping and attempting to seduce women:

"I can't stop thinking about this. It has shaken me to my core in a way that I couldn't have predicted."

"This was not just lewd conversation. This wasn't just locker room banter. This was a powerful individual speaking freely and openly about sexually predatory behavior, and actually bragging about kissing and groping women."

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On the women's rights movement:

"The shameful comments about our bodies, the disrespect of our ambitions and intellect, the belief that you can do anything you want to a woman — it is cruel, it's frightening, and the truth is — it hurts."

"So many have worked for so many years to end this kind of violence and abuse and disrespect but here we are in 2016 and we're hearing these exact same things every day on the campaign trail. We are drowning in it."

On how people have responded to the tapes:

 "Too many are treating this as just another day's headline. As if our outrage is overblown or unwarranted. As if this is normal. Just politics as usual ... This is not normal. This is not politics as usual. This is disgraceful. It is intolerable."

"This isn't about politics. It's about basic human decency. It's about right and wrong ... Now is the time for all of us to stand up and say 'enough is enough.' This has got to stop right now."

"To dismiss this as everyday locker room talk is an insult to decent men everywhere."

"Strong men, men who are truly role models, don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful."

On the impact of the tapes:

"We're telling our sons that it's OK to humiliate women. We're telling our daughters that this is how they deserve to be treated. We're telling all our kids that bigotry and bullying are perfectly acceptable in the leader of their country."

"If we have a president who routinely degrades women, who brags about sexually assaulting women, then how can we maintain our moral authority in the world?"

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