---
title: "1 Job President Quotes By Kwame Kilpatrick"
description: "1 Job President quotes by Kwame Kilpatrick. Plus more from Kwame Kilpatrick and more Job President sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/kwame-kilpatrick-23857_america_the-job-of-being-president-understanding_3018540.png"
---

> [The job of being president, understanding the particular policies that America has gotten itself into over the past 400 years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/the-job-of-being-president-understanding-the-particular-policies-that/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/kwame-kilpatrick-23857_america_the-job-of-being-president-understanding_3018540.png)

## More by Kwame Kilpatrick

> [Sometimes your gift takes you to a place that your character is not prepared to handle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/sometimes-your-gift-takes-you-to-a-place-that-your-character-is-not/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

> [I heard somebody say that you can't judge a tree by the bark it wears but by the fruit it bears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/i-heard-somebody-say-that-you-can-t-judge-a-tree-by-the-bark-it-wears/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

> [ I loved the city, so the feeling in 2001 \[election\] first was shock, then (I was) nervous, then scared but then it's - I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/i-loved-the-city-so-the-feeling-in-2001-election-first-was-shock-then/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/my-dream-in-growing-up-in-the-city-of-detroit-was-to-be-mayor-at-the/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

> [There were never a lot of attacks on my work. We were building more parks than were ever built in the city, building more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/there-were-never-a-lot-of-attacks-on-my-work-we-were-building-more/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/what-is-happening-in-detroit-is-not-good-so-i-don-t-even-want-to-be-a/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/what-i-learned-in-politics-is-that-it-s-a-very-enslaving-place-to-be/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

> [I can be the mayor; I can do it right now. I can go in there right now and put things together. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/i-can-be-the-mayor-i-can-do-it-right-now-i-can-go-in-there-right-now/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

> [I was never fearful or scared. I knew God had me and my wife and children knew it as well so we just marched.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/i-was-never-fearful-or-scared-i-knew-god-had-me-and-my-wife-and/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/this-is-the-united-states-of-america-and-unfortunately-race-still/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/when-you-are-going-through-something-like-compaign-run-nothing/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/i-didn-t-want-to-be-president-i-didn-t-want-to-be-governor-i-didn-t/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

> [“men, especially in the African American community” know they’re not supposed to cry or “bow down,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/men-especially-in-the-african-american-community-know-they-re-not/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

> [I know in the Christian church the old ladies use to say "what the devil meant for bad God meant for good." So some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/i-know-in-the-christian-church-the-old-ladies-use-to-say-what-the/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

> [I was building the plane while flying it in the first term,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/i-was-building-the-plane-while-flying-it-in-the-first-term/)

[Kwame Kilpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-kilpatrick/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/job-president/kwame-kilpatrick/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Job President Quotes By Kwame Kilpatrick",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The job of being president, understanding the particular policies that America has gotten itself into over the past 400 years.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Kwame Kilpatrick"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-kilpatrick/the-job-of-being-president-understanding-the-particular-policies-that/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/kwame-kilpatrick-23857_america_the-job-of-being-president-understanding_3018540.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/kwame-kilpatrick-23857_america_the-job-of-being-president-understanding_3018540.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/kwame-kilpatrick-23857_america_the-job-of-being-president-understanding_3018540.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The job of being president, understanding the particular policies that America has gotten itself into over…” — Kwame Kilpatrick",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/job-president/kwame-kilpatrick/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/job-president/kwame-kilpatrick/",
            "name": "Job President Quotes by Kwame Kilpatrick",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/job-president/kwame-kilpatrick/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/kwame-kilpatrick-23857_america_the-job-of-being-president-understanding_3018540.png"
            },
            "description": "1 Job President quotes by Kwame Kilpatrick. Plus more from Kwame Kilpatrick and more Job President sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/job-president/kwame-kilpatrick/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/job-president/kwame-kilpatrick/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Job President",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/job-president/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Kwame Kilpatrick",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/job-president/kwame-kilpatrick/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```