Top Illinois Quotes Collection
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It would be one thing if we could say the system works [in Illinois], and that individuals followed procedures and were found innocent, but in fact in all the cases it was really a fluke ... We find persistent wrongdoing on the part of law enforcement. It's really sheer luck that those convicted of these [capital] crimes were exonerated in the end.Collection: Illinois
Illinois is a state of suspended animation and the people live in hibernation from Oct. to whenever it ever gets warmer.Collection: Illinois
What success I achieved in the theatre is due to the fact that I have always worked just as hard when there were ten people in the house as when there were thousands. Just as hard in Springfield, Illinois as on Broadway.Collection: Illinois
The people that I represent in Illinois care passionately about protecting open space and safeguarding our nation's natural treasures, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.Collection: Illinois
I am committed to working with Speaker Hastert and the other members of the Illinois congressional delegation to do all that I can to ensure that Illinois' funding needs are adequately met.Collection: Illinois
Tax reform and expanded trade are going to be so important to the economy of Illinois, particularly the 11th Congressional District, which is a major manufacturing and a major agricultural district.Collection: Illinois
To the people of Illinois let me say this. Business as usual IS OVER.Collection: Illinois
As a youngster I worked the river boats going down the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, pushing barges to Chicago, then all the way down to New Orleans.Collection: Illinois
Obama might do well to remember that his fast rise from the Illinois state Senate was due in large part to an uncanny ability to make friends and find mentors.Collection: Illinois
The official language of the State of Illinois shall be known hereafter as the American language, and not the English language.Collection: Illinois
I grew up in central Illinois midway between Chicago and St. Louis and I made an historic blunder. All my friends became Cardinals fans and grew up happy and liberal and I became a Cubs fan and grew up embittered and conservative.Collection: Illinois
According to the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center, global sea ice levels now equal those of 1979.Collection: Illinois
National legislation will prevent other states' flawed concealed-weapons laws from threatening the safety of Illinois residents.Collection: Illinois
I'm from Downer's Grove, Illinois. We had a blackout there the other day, but fortunately the police made him get back into his car before he got too far.Collection: Illinois
There are some who might say that somebody named Barack Obama can't be elected senator in the state of Illinois. They're probably the same folks who said that a guy named Rod Blagojevich couldn't be elected governor of the state of Illinois.Collection: Illinois
The great example, the killer example in history, is of course Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator. Read his speeches. Read the debates. Wendell Phillips called him "the great slaver from Illinois."Collection: Illinois
I accept the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, to represent the State of Illinois.Collection: Illinois
Illinois is the only state where the present governor rides around in a car whose license plate was made by a previous governor.Collection: Illinois
I hear you have abolitionists here. We have a few in Illinois, but we shot one the other day.Collection: Illinois