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" I've learned never to say never. "
Lisa Madigan
Learned
Say
Never
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" Much of the blame for the Great Recession lies with abuses in the housing market - namely the creation of risky and unsustainable home loans that were packaged and sold as quality investments around the globe. "
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" I enjoy a good fight, and always have, and really just said to myself, 'Look, at the end of my term, it'll be 16 years as attorney general, and I'm ready for new challenges. I'm ready to use my skills in a different way to continue to help people.' "
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" In every community in Illinois, same-sex couples have chosen to join together and, in many instances, to raise families of their own. These couples are our relatives and friends, our neighbors, co-workers and parents of our children's classmates. They deserve the same rights and responsibilities that civil marriage offers straight couples. "
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" Stalking is a serious crime with serious consequences. "
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" The party on Wall Street never ends - while the rest of us pick up their tab and suffer the hangover. "
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" Hard work, careful planning, and realistic financial advice will be required by many to regain solvency. "
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" I feel strongly that the state would not be well-served by having a governor and speaker of the House from the same family and have never planned to run for governor if that would be the case. With Speaker Madigan planning to continue in office, I will not run for governor. "
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" I went to law school to help people. "
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Law
Help
" Investigating some of the largest subprime lenders - Wells Fargo, Countrywide, Ameriquest, Household Finance - I've seen how their terrible, toxic loans were closed by any means necessary and eventually packaged, sold as securities, and bet upon until they exploded and decimated our economy. "
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" Even if you can afford the price of college, you cannot afford a worthless degree. "
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" I am inspired by Nelson Mandela. I was a volunteer teacher in South Africa during apartheid, where I witnessed his success liberating black South Africans. "
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Volunteer
I Am
Black
" I often say that paying off your debt is like dieting. There are no miracle cures; it takes discipline and hard work. "
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Debt
Work
" While most of us are trying to be more frugal, the loss of a job, a divorce, or a medical emergency can quickly sink us deeply into debt. "
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Job
Us
Loss
" Unlike public universities and private, not-for-profit colleges, for-profit schools are owned by revenue-seeking businesses often more intent on boosting their bottom line than educating their students. They use hard-sell tactics to recruit prospective students, and veterans have become particular targets. "
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Students
Become
Line
" There were absolutely circumstances where Sallie Mae was working hand-in-hand with for-profit schools and other schools in offering and putting students into risky expensive subprime loans. "
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" Do not enter into an agreement you cannot afford. Take precautions to avoid institutional loans with double-digit interest rates. "
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Agreement
You
Take
" While I have supported marriage equality since my days as a state senator over a decade ago, I have since conducted an extensive legal analysis that has only emboldened my support as attorney general. "
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Over
Equality
Marriage
" I'm very lucky to have the support of my family. "
Lisa Madigan
Support
Family
Very
" The creation of a consumer agency, structured similarly to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, levels the playing field. It gives consumers a powerful advocate at the federal level. "
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Powerful
Office
Creation
" The Attorney General must identify threats to Illinoisans' financial security and take action to protect people. "
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Financial
People
" Navient/Sallie Mae treated student loan borrowers unfairly from start to finish. "
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Start
Finish
" Demand to know the school's accreditation. Regional accreditation is preferable to national, particularly if you want to transfer credits. Check with the certifying association or potential employer in your field to ensure successful completion of the program will actually qualify you for that job. "
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" In 2011, when the General Assembly passed the law allowing civil unions, Illinois took an important step forward to recognize that gay and lesbian couples have the right to build lives together and create strong, loving families. "
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Loving
Step
Gay
" Most of our children have access to Internet-accessible technology, yet most of us are actually not paying much attention to what they're doing online. "
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Attention
Doing
Children
" We've done amazing things for the state. Some of them have had a national impact, but I'm going to be ready for some new challenges, and so I'm not going to seek a fifth term as attorney general. "
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Ready
Impact
" A ban on same-sex marriage violates the state Constitution's equal protection clause. "
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Ban
Constitution
Protection
" I've been able to bring billions of dollars back to our state that has so desperately needed it - billions of dollars in relief to homeowners and our communities and our pension systems that desperately need it. "
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Been
Pension
" If home ownership is the American dream, then foreclosure certainly is the American nightmare. It destroys more than credit. It destroys lives. And its effects are felt beyond the individual family that it devastates. It shakes our entire economy. "
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" It probably can take me anywhere I want to be, but I have to be honest, being attorney general is a great job. "
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