May 2006: " I hope tomorrow when we read the papers we see great headlines saying congratulations to this administration for ferreting out wrongdoing. Because I think fundamentally it is a real different place today than it was under my predecessor Gov. [George] Ryan."
-- On a federal investigations into allegations that state hiring processes were corrupt.
August 2006: "I said, of course I'll never take bribes. Not only would that be dishonest, it would be illegal, and I would never do anything to dishonor the memory of my father."
Recalling a conversation he had with his mother during a speech at a Democratic party gathering.
November 2008: [The seat] "is a [expletive] valuable thing, you just don't give it away for nothing."
-- On selling the open Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, according to the arrest affidavit issued in December.
December 2008 "... This is America, you know, and I appreciate if you want to tape my conversations, give me a heads up and let me know. ... I don't believe there's any cloud that hangs over me, I think there's nothing but sunshine hanging over me."
-Blagojevich on Dec. 8, 2008, responding to reports he'd been taped.
December 2008: "Is this a joke?"
-- The governor's reaction to federal officials waiting outside his house at 6 a.m., Dec. 9, to arrest him, according to the head of the FBI's Chicago office, Robert Grant.
December 2008: "Hang loose, to quote Elvis. Hang loose."
-- Responding to reporters eager for answers on Dec. 17, 2008, while he was gearing up for a morning run.
December 2008: "Merry Christmas, happy holidays, happy new year, feliz navidad y prospero ano nuevo. The people of Illinois are entitled to have two United States senators represent them in Washington, D.C. As governor I am required to make this appointment. If I don't make this appointment then the people of Illinois will be deprived of their appropriate voice and vote in the United States Senate."
-- On announcing the appointment of Roland Burris to the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama.
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