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Quotes About Cook County

When I sell liquor, it's bootlegging," either Capone or one of his amanuenses said. "When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lake Shore Drive, it's hospitality." It was a recurrent theme, this shrugging disavowal of evil intent: "Ninety percent of the people of Cook County drink and gamble," he said at another time, "and my offense has been to furnish them with those amusements.
~ Daniel Okrent
Although 118 rioters were arrested, a Cook County grand jury did not indict a single one. The grand jury, however, did indict Harvey Clark, his real estate agent, his NAACP attorney, and the white landlady who rented the apartment to him as well as her attorney on charges of inciting a riot
~ Richard Rothstein
Taxation is probably one of the biggest problems this state is facing, especially in Cook County. I think Cook County is one of the counties a lot of people don't want to live in anymore.
~ Jesse White
Personally, I'm incredibly lucky to represent the 10th district of Illinois, which stretches from the edges of Cook county all the way north along Lake Michigan to the borders of Wisconsin. From the lake all the way west to Fox Lake. It's an incredible district.
~ Brad Schneider
And then for the first time in history a Cook County state's attorney was reelected for a third time.
~ Richard M. Daley
I spent 10 years fighting for reform in Cook County, and I didn't change my DNA when I got to Washington.
~ Mike Quigley
Taxes and fees in Chicago and Cook County are forcing low-income families like the one I grew up in out of this city. It's clear we can't keep treating low-income and middle-class families like an ATM machine with no limit.
~ Lori Lightfoot