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… — 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
