Rod Blagojevich

“This is a persecution. It's not a prosecution.”

“I've been a political prisoner.”

“I'm here to tell you right off the bat that I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing.”

“I thought I was a pretty good governor. I thought I was a good governor.”

“I've got this thing and it's fucking golden, and I'm just not giving it up for fuckin' nothing.”

“I am not a person who is a quitter.”

“My children are old enough to know what's going on, and they're not going to see their father quit.”

“I recognize that I am the governor of a state and that I am held to a higher standard.”

“I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived. I saw it all growing up.”

“Let me be clear, I did not break any laws.”

“I have to live with this for the rest of my life. It's a cloud over me.”

“This is a time for me to be a trumpet.”

“The Cubs are gonna win the World Series.”

“I am more of an Elvis man, but I have a lot of respect for Michael Jackson.”

“The system is broken and it’s not fair.”