Post Politics Quotes

When I'm finished with politics, I'll have a richer life. I'd like to go to the theatre.

I had a really fun career in TV right after I left politics.

I feel fortunate that, by the age of 40, I had crammed in an entire political career.I had been in the Cabinet and been leader of the party, so now I can branch out into other things... it is a very liberating feeling.

Former vice president Al Gore has devoted his post-administration years to a mission to tell the world about global warming. It's funny, but in his civilian life Gore has discovered the voice that voters had trouble hearing when he ran for president in 2000. The voice he has found is clear, impassioned, and moving.

I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics.

I'm enjoying turning down all requests for interviews. I don't miss being in politics.

There has to be life after the Charlotte Mayor's office.

I thought making speeches for money was a much better thing than getting connected with any one group or company, as so many people who leave public life do.