#illinois

Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois. ↗

— Dick Durbin

#diverse #home #home state #illinois #our

People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he was a cunning and calculating politician; from the cultivation of his image as a hayseed from Illinois, to his ability to keep this country together under dire circumstances. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#ascribe #back #brilliant #calculating #circumstances

I love the Midwest. I think about it every day. I wonder if I would rather have a little farm in the Midwest, in Illinois or Wisconsin, or would I rather have like a little getaway up in the mountains of Colorado. ↗

— Joe Lando

#colorado #day #every #every day #farm

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. ↗

— Bill Lipinski

#am #committed #congressional #delegation #ensure

Tonight Illinois has set a tone for the nation, that we won't stand idle hoping that our economy improves. This is a brand new day for the Illinois Republican Party. ↗

— Adam Kinzinger

#brand new #day #economy #hoping #idle

Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#i #illinois #less #percent #population

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. ↗

— Jerry Weller

#congressional #congressional district #district #economy #expanded

Tonight we send a message to our party that here in Illinois, there will be a new generation of Republican leaders and we will fight to provide a better tomorrow for future generations. We've made clear the status quo is no longer acceptable. ↗

— Adam Kinzinger

#better #better tomorrow #clear #fight #future

Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ↗

— George Ryan

#because #capricious #death #death penalty #i

If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#baltimore #illinois #indiana #iraq #rebuild