I had no intention of getting back into politics. I was teaching at Bowdoin and happily retired from politics. Angus King Read Quote
One of my life principles is that if something isn’t working, doing something harder isn’t necessarily going to produce the same result. Angus King Read Quote
I worked in the Senate in the 1970s. I worked for the Labor, Public Welfare Committee, and we had Ted Kennedy and my old boss, Bill Hathaway, and Walter Mondale. Angus King Read Quote
It’s hard running as an independent. I wouldn’t have won the Senate election if I hadn’t been governor. I had credibility. The hard part is getting voters to the point where they think it’s thinkable and not a waste of time. Angus King Read Quote
I’m old enough to remember Richard Nixon. They called it the imperial presidency when he was refusing to spend money that Congress had appropriated. Angus King Read Quote
I’ve come to realize that an unencumbered U.S. senator is a profound threat to the whole system. It’s somebody that they can’t put in a box and say, ‘Oh, well, we know how this guy is going to vote.’ Angus King Read Quote
Somebody said, ‘You may be a committee chair.’ I don’t think so. I don’t think anybody would want me that much. Angus King Read Quote
How can you work with someone if you went into their state to campaign against them? Angus King Read Quote
