There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois. — Scott Walker Copy Share Image
My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get. — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
Illinois corn farmers are the Nation's number two exporter of feed grains. — John Shimkus Copy Share Image
Illinois is becoming more diverse, more tolerant, and even more green. — Raja Krishnamoorthi 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
There are plenty of examples of very wealthy people who have run for office and failed, certainly in Illinois. — Bruce Rauner 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
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
If I'd gotten the job I wanted at Montgomery Ward, I suppose I would never have left Illinois. — Ronald Reagan 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
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
I was born in 1970 in Illinois, but all the life I remember I've spent in Chapel Hill, N.C. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The Illinois Constitution was written before they realized they'd have a city the size of Chicago in the state. The constitution had… — Gary Krist Copy Share Image
I grew up with 'Cinderella.' So that was my go-to Disney film, definitely. It was princess-related, and coming from a smaller area… — Jodi Benson Copy Share Image
People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
A man from Iowa or Illinois will say 'I'm from the Middle West'..a Georgian or a Mississipian may admit to being merely… — J. Frank Dobie Copy Share Image
I grew up in Iowa, and the improv comedy club Comedy-Sportz across the river in Illinois held auditions. They took me even… — Eric Christian Olsen Copy Share Image
I said we are going to balance an $11 billion budget deficit in a $29 billion budget, so by percentage, the largest… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
East St. Louis-which the local press refers to as "an inner city without an outer city"-has some of the sickest children in… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Vermont is such a small state, and the most money that's ever been spent in the history of political campaigns there is… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Well apparently nothing as of December 13, 1978. There was 20 trained police officers came to the house, with a warrant..searched the… — John Wayne Gacy Copy Share Image
Marg Helgenberger and I were waitresses in the same restaurant in Evanston, Illinois. I'm happy to say that that restaurant has since… — Virginia Madsen Copy Share Image
We have to stand up for these issues when it's tough, and that's what I've done. I did it when I was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The sun is a huntress young, The sun is a red, red joy, The sun is an Indian girl, Of the tribe… — Vachel Lindsay Copy Share Image
I cannot speak so confidently about the fighting qualities of the Eastern men, or what are called Yankees - not knowing myself… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A citizen at his home in Rockford, Illinois, or Boulder, Colorado, could read a newspaper, listen to a radio, or watch the… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
...60 advocates of unorthodox therapies whose credentials are given in the ACS book (above).(:) Of these 60, thirty-nine or almost two-thirds, hold...medical… — Ralph W. Moss Copy Share Image
It's not unusual for someone running for Senate in Illinois to come see me. — Christie Hefner Copy Share Image