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I think I was identified as a failed president because I wasn't re-elected.

I teach students that what people say about failure in politics is mostly wrong. People always told me, 'They'll praise you on your way up and kick you on your way down.' That wasn't my experience. I can't walk down the street in Toronto without someone coming up and saying hello.

I didn't grow up in politics.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

The beginning of my political career was not promising. I ran for junior class president at Shortridge High school and was runner up. I ran again in the senior year with the same result. But opportunity came ironically, or fortunately, when I returned to Indianapolis after serving in the Navy.

I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.

I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure.

Politics is tricky for me. For most of my life, I didn't think it applied to me.

I was not a politician.

I may have been the only candidate in America who failed to ride the wave of anti-establishment anger to victory.