To go through the agonizing process of learning how to walk again and write again and speak again makes you much more empathetic to people. Mark Kirk Read Quote
I’ve always backed energy independence policies, but I’ve heard from people on this issue like no other. The energy interests of Illinois are far broader and deeper than my North Shore district. Mark Kirk Read Quote
For Tammy Duckworth to blame the junior senator from Illinois for Islamic terror shows that she is a naive fool not fit for office in the Senate. Mark Kirk Read Quote
We need to focus on issues where we all agree, which is spending discipline and control and making sure that government, both in Springfield and in Washington, doesn’t take more from your family budget. Mark Kirk Read Quote
I would say the difference between ‘old Mark’ and post-stroke Mark … is that pre-stroke Mark was a major micromanager. I just don’t have the time or inclination to micromanage as much as I used to. Mark Kirk Read Quote
There was a lot of feeling that with an African-American president, life on the South Side of Chicago would be radically different. Mark Kirk Read Quote
There’s a new role that I see for myself with the new Republican majority running the Senate. I am now the premiere ambassador for the state from the Republican majority. Mark Kirk Read Quote
It’s the only way that Democrats can win in Illinois, is to say, ‘Oh, Kirk has health problems, he’s going to retire.’ For Democrats looking at a minority life and seeing that they cannot win in Illinois is so frustrating that they will just assume away any issue. They’ll just say to willing reporters, ‘I think Kirk is going to retire.’ Mark Kirk Read Quote
