WEEKEND QUOTABLES

Fred Klonsky

Fred Hampton (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) 

I'm not going to die slipping on no ice.

Sen. Orin Hatch after GOP killed Children’s Health Insurance Program

"I have a rough time wanting to spend billions and billions and trillions of dollars to help people who won’t help themselves – won’t lift a finger – and expect the federal government to do everything.” -- Mic 

Sen. Bernie Sanders

 “This is class warfare, and we’re going to stand up and fight.” -- Washington Post

Steve Askin on Harold Washington

"Harold was a mensch. He reached into many different directions, listening to many different voices, many different people." -- The Reader

 Harper Local School Council Co-Chair Clifford Fields

"If these schools have to go, the mayor has to go." -- ABC7 News 

Prexy Nesbit, striking Columbia College part-time faculty

Students are having their best teachers laid off or having to live out of their cars because of low salaries. It's really sad. I also think about what it would mean to the founders of this great college to see where the current leadership has taken it. -- Hitting Left