We do need brothers and sisters to go into elected offices and political offices and do that, but my spirit is telling me something different. Because you are a Democrat or Republican you have to do this but you can't… — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
Sometimes your gift takes you to a place that your character is not prepared to handle. — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
I heard somebody say that you can't judge a tree by the bark it wears but by the fruit it bears. — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
I loved the city, so the feeling in 2001 [election] first was shock, then (I was) nervous, then scared but then it's - I really wasn't happy and ecstatic like I thought I (would be). I was immediately hit with the enormity of the responsibility and the fact that most people in that town - particularly those that voted for… — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share
My dream in growing up in the city of Detroit was to be Mayor. At the family picnics from the time I was 9-years-old… — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
There were never a lot of attacks on my work. We were building more parks than were ever built in the city, building more recreation centers, fixing more streets. We had national events, the Super Bowl, the (Major League Baseball) All-Star game, Final Four. We built seven hotels. The city hadn't built a hotel in 20 or more years. — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share
What is happening in Detroit is not good so I don't even want to be a part of that, but there is something on… — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
What I learned in politics (is that) it's a very enslaving place to be. It's hard to be free in politics and if the… — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
I can be the mayor; I can do it right now. I can go in there right now and put things together. I was… — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
I was never fearful or scared. I knew God had me and my wife and children knew it as well so we just marched. — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
This is the United States of America and unfortunately, race still matters to a lot of people. The evil head of racism doesn't hide,… — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
When you are going through something like compaign run nothing happens without Allah's permission. So a lot of the times you just have to… — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be president; I didn't want to be governor; I didn't want to be a congress person. I just wanted to… — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
