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Kwame Kilpatrick

Kwame Malik Kilpatrick (born June 8, 1970) is an American former politician, having served as a Democratic Michigan state representative and mayor of Detroit from 2002 to 2008. He resigned as mayor in September 2008 after being convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice. Kilpatrick was sentenced to four months in jail and was released on probation after serving 99 days.

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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 surrender to his will and learning how to surrender was a major thing for me, getting me out of the way, surrendering to the will of God.

Compaign, Happens, Running, Surrender, Times, Way

I was never fearful or scared. I knew God had me and my wife and children knew it as well so we just marched.

Children, Fearful, God, Marched, Scared, Wife

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 me were placing their hopes and dreams in me. That is a big, big stressful place to be.

Cities, Dream, Happy, Placing, Responsibility

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 teaching tool, particular for my sons and our people to understand that we still have to build within our community. We still have to work with one another. We still have to connect even with people outside of this country.

Believe, Country, Overt, Sons, Teaching, Understand

I know in the Christian church the old ladies use to say "what the devil meant for bad God meant for good. " So some of the things that I think they went out and tried to be detrimental to my life saved me in a lot of ways.

Christian, Church, Know, Life, Say, Thinking

I was building the plane while flying it in the first term.

Building, Firsts, Flying, Plane, Term

The job of being president, understanding the particular policies that America has gotten itself into over the past 400 years.

400, America, Job, Jobs, Past, Years

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 do that and so it's somewhat limiting in what you can actually do and I've done that.

Brother, Democrat, Office, Political, Republican, Spirit

My kids want to go back to Detroit everyday, that's their home. They want to be there. But Detroit is going through something that I don't want to be a part of.

Detroit, Everyday, Home, Kids

Sometimes your gift takes you to a place that your character is not prepared to handle.

Character, Gift, Prepared, Sometimes, Takes

I heard somebody say that you can't judge a tree by the bark it wears but by the fruit it bears.

Fruit, Heard, Judging, Say, Tree

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 that's what I told people I was going to be. The mayor of the city of Detroit.

Detroit, Dream, Growing Up, Mayor, People, Years

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 search for your spirit is to be free, it's hard.

Hard, Ifs, Place, Search, Spirit

Michigan is very racially separated and the city of Detroit itself is 84 percent African-American and the surrounding suburbs are 86 percent White.

African American, Cities, Detroit, Percent, Racially, White

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.

Character, Detroit, Issues, Particular, School, Schools

I can be the mayor; I can do it right now. I can go in there right now and put things together. I was truly anointed for that position and I wasn't mature enough in my spirit, in my manhood to handle that responsibility at the time it was given to me.

Given, Mature, Responsibility, Spirit, Together