Character issues such as drug abuse are not exclusive to Detroit Public Schools. My reference to substance abuse, not intended to focus on any particular school district, was simply used to illustrate this position. — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
As a matter of fact since Barack Obama has been president it is more overt - I believe - than it's been since the 1940's and 50's and so I am not surprised by it. I think it's an excellent… — 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… — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
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… — Kwame Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
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
![“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…” quote by Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a27/kwame-kilpatrick-23857_bigs_i-loved-the-city-so-the-feeling-in-2001_969832.jpg)
