Illinois History Quotes & Sayings

If you protect your children from the pain of irresponsibility, you set them up for many struggles in adulthood. — Henry Cloud

Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of efficient production. — Edward Bellamy

Realism is condemned by those artists whose poverty of technique does not permit them to express it. — Walter J. Phillips

Passing thoughts are like passing gas. They both arrive with a rumble, and the bad ones linger a little too long. — Maximus Freeman

There are people who Dream and there are people who Scream.There are people who Cry and there are people who Fly.The good news is that this is a CHOICE.-RVM — R.v.m.

From the 1930s through the 1960s, black people across the country were largely cut out of the legitimate home-mortgage market through means both legal and extralegal. Chicago whites employed every measure, from 'restrictive covenants' to bombings, to keep their neighborhoods segregated. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Don't Keep reaching for the stars because you'll just look like an idiot stretching that way for no reason — Jimmy Fallon

Vermont is such a small state, and the most money that's ever been spent in the history of political campaigns there is $2 million. That number is going to be surpassed many times. Vermont remains a "cheap state" for the Republican National Committee. So putting $5 or $10 million into Vermont - compared to New York or California or Illinois - that's small potatoes. — Bernie Sanders

She had been born with a face that would let her get away, he saw that face and he lost all control. — Bob Seger

The meetings of the legislature at Springfield then first brought together that splendid group of young men of genius whose phenomenal careers and distinguished services have given Illinois fame in the history of the nation. — John George Nicolay

He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

North Lawndale's Jewish People's Institute actively encouraged blacks to move into the neighborhood, seeking to make it a 'pilot community for interracial living. — Ta-Nehisi Coates