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Angus King Quotes

born 1944 United States

Angus Stanley King, Jr. (born 31 March 1944) is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from the state of Maine. As an Independent, not affiliated with either the Republican or Democratic parties, he served as the 72nd Governor of Maine from 1995 to 2003.

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If there were four or five people like me, that would change the whole dynamic.

If you like the system as it is, I’m not your guy… If you want a shot at changing it, join me.

I had no intention of getting back into politics. I was teaching at Bowdoin and happily retired from politics.

It wouldn't take but four or five centrists like me to completely change the dynamics.

I might have a chance of starting a movement toward change in this broken system.

I think we're going to demonstrate the power of one-to-one computer access that's going to transform education. … The economic future will belong to the technologically adept.

When people asked me in a RV park, "What do you do?" I just said, "I'm a retired state employee from Maine."

Bowdoin Academic Spotlight interview (2011)

Frankly, I think I might scare [the parties], and that would be a good thing.

Olympia has 30 years of seniority, she's likable, she works very hard, and if she can't make it work, nobody in either party is going to make it work.

We proved that with civility, common sense, building bridges, working with coalitions and working with people one at a time, we could do something. … I can speak for the middle. … The real issue is the system itself.

No one has or should ever have all the power.

Address to Senate Colleagues (2025)

My approach to the job can be summed up pretty simply — I never viewed politics as my career.

Governor's Travels : How I Left Politics, Learned to Back Up a Bus, and Found America (2011)

None of us will ever face a greater challenge.

Address to Senate Colleagues (2025)

Project 2025 is nothing less than a blueprint for the shredding of the constitution and the transition of our country to authoritarian rule.

Address to Senate Colleagues (2025)

The Constitution does not give to the President or his designee the power to extinguish a statutorily established agency.

Address to Senate Colleagues (2025)

There's a paradox at the heart of the creation of any government, whether it's here or anywhere else on Earth, and anywhere else in history.

Address to Senate Colleagues (2025)

Jefferson said the states are the laboratories of democracy. But the problem is, nobody reads the lab reports.

Bowdoin Academic Spotlight interview (2011)

You have to take advantage of the opportunities that life gives you, particularly the moments in time when you have time, when you're between jobs or you retire.

Bowdoin Academic Spotlight interview (2011)

We began our careers here with the following words, "I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic."

Address to Senate Colleagues (2025)

The whole idea, the whole idea was that no part of the government, no one person, no one institution had or could ever have a monopoly on power.

Address to Senate Colleagues (2025)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Angus King (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.