Obama might do well to remember that his fast rise from the Illinois state Senate was due in large part to an… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
I accept the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, to represent the State of Illinois. — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
The fact is that politics in Illinois is a blood sport. It's really rough. It's really nasty. — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the… — George Ryan Copy Share Image
A study in Illinois in the mid-1990s found that 65 percent of businesses were hurt by the proximity of gambling — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
Illinois is home to a disproportionate share of Dreamers and would suffer a significant economic blow should they be compelled to leave. — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
I'm from Downer's Grove, Illinois. We had a blackout there the other day, but fortunately the police made him get back into… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
I grew up among farmers in Illinois and so you always have to have the tools you might need in the eventuality… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
Personally, I'm incredibly lucky to represent the 10th district of Illinois, which stretches from the edges of Cook county all the way… — Brad Schneider Copy Share Image
I grew up in the inner city of Chicago, and then I moved to Robbins, and it kind of raised me. When… — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
Five states - Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois and North Carolina - have been identified by the EPA as contributing significantly to… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The Mississippi River carries the mud of thirty states and two provinces 2,000 miles south to the delta and deposits 500 million… — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
I am committed to working with Speaker Hastert and the other members of the Illinois congressional delegation to do all that I… — Bill Lipinski Copy Share Image
I was nerdy girl who went to Catholic school and wanted to be an engineer. I was all set to attend the… — Cindy Morgan Copy Share Image
It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
Let's put aside the politics and trust the people. Let's embrace the unique opportunity we all have; take the heat and make… — Rod Blagojevich Copy Share Image
In Memory of BPP Comrades Fred Hampton & Mark Clark, both assassinated by the US Government via the state and local government… — Emory Douglas Copy Share Image
I have my strong views and opinions. I really want to transform Illinois government because this state is failing the taxpayers and… — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
I was born and grew up in Vandalia, Illinois, a small town of about 6,000. It was farm country, and this was… — June Squibb Copy Share Image
Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote. — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
When I was ten, my family moved to Downer's Grove, Illinois. When I was twelve, I found them. — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
In Illinois, where legislators are paid $45,000, plus as much as $10,000 for leadership work, about half are full-time politicians. — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
In the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, farmer-legislators write the agriculture laws. — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Illinois will only get economically healthy if we stop focusing on growing minimum wages and start focusing on growing everyone's wages. — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
I'm old enough, I remember when Richard Nixon had the election stolen in 1960. And no serious historian doubts that Illinois and… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
I went to University of Illinois. Big school. 35,000 students. 800 black... I was the only black in every class. Hard to be absent. — Godfrey Copy Share Image
Illinois is the only state where the present governor rides around in a car whose license plate was made by a previous… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Almost 70 percent of U.S. ag exports travel the upper Mississippi River and the Illinois waterway system. — Jerry Costello Copy Share Image
If I'd gotten the job I wanted at Montgomery Ward, I suppose I would never have left Illinois. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The official language of the State of Illinois shall be known hereafter as the American language, and not the English language. — Frank Church Copy Share Image
Illinois has every reason to succeed. We have the hardest-working people in America, the best infrastructure in America, and the best location… — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites and serve close to 1 million patients every year. — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
We hunt in Florida, where I live in Jay. I hunt in Alabama a little bit, on my uncle's land. I go… — Boo Weekley Copy Share Image
I have lectured at Town Hall N.Y., The Library of Congress, Harvard, Yale, Amherst, Wellesley, Columbia, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana State University,… — Paul Engle Copy Share Image
The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers… — John George Nicolay Copy Share Image
A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
I think Michelle Obama is on the right track with her Let's Move campaign to bring down childhood obesity. She and I… — Aaron Schock Copy Share Image
Tonight we send a message to our party that here in Illinois, there will be a new generation of Republican leaders and… — Adam Kinzinger Copy Share Image
We in Illinois are very fortunate to have a number of historic structures that have added immeasurably to the cultural life of… — James R. Thompson Copy Share Image
I was born in Evanston, Illinois. I spent my elementary and part of my junior high school years in a D.C. suburb.… — Abigail Washburn Copy Share Image
