One of the chiefs of this nation, with his young men…

The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished…

— John George Nicolay

I'm old enough, I remember when Richard Nixon had the election stolen in 1960. And no serious historian doubts that Illinois and Texas were stolen.

— Newt Gingrich

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may…

— Abraham Lincoln

As a youngster I worked the river boats going down the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, pushing barges to Chicago, then all the way down…

— Clint Walker

My uncles, who are farmers in Minooka, Illinois - I grew up with them and their pickup trucks and mustaches, and to me that…

— Nick Offerman

Illinois surpasses every other spot of equal extent upon the face of the globe in fertility of soil and in the proportionable amount of…

— Abraham Lincoln

Illinois is the only state where the present governor rides around in a car whose license plate was made by a previous governor.

— David Letterman

'Killer Joe' was originally written in 1991 and first produced in '93 at the Next Theater's Lab - a 40 seat black box theater…

— Tracy Letts

Train service is particularly vital for the students and employees of Southern Illinois University.

— Jerry Costello

In Memory of BPP Comrades Fred Hampton & Mark Clark, both assassinated by the US Government via the state and local government of Chicago,…

— Emory Douglas

After world war all we got was a lot of conformity, and conservatism and when I was in college at the university of Illinois…

— Hugh Hefner

The Metropolitan Museum of Art some time ago held a display of contemporary art at which $52,000 was awarded to American sculptors, painters, and…

— James Keller

I was born in Evanston, Illinois. I spent my elementary and part of my junior high school years in a D.C. suburb. And then…

— Abigail Washburn

We in Illinois are very fortunate to have a number of historic structures that have added immeasurably to the cultural life of the state,…

— James R. Thompson

“Things are more like they are now...than they have EVER been before!”

— Uncle Arnie Mamath