It's like an Alcatraz around my neck

Tonight, I am pleased to announce that I have secured $1 million from the Convention Host Committee to fund the beautification of Boston's neighborhoods.

One of our key strategies has been to restructure traditional high schools into small learning communities with personalized attention and a range of options.

Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership.

Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams.

I grew up with a Christmas tree, I'm going to stay with a Christmas tree.

Boston is safe. And we're going to keep it safe.

I am also committed to providing city employees with housing assistance.

The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor.

Children need continuity as they grow and learn.

And it was from Boston that one in every six American families began their journey into the land of the free.

Tides washed the wounds but the scars remained and continued to burn whenever a similar wind blew...

Echoes can’t read minds. But when you get to know someone very well, you can read their expressions. Pay attention. It will happen to you too.

I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.

People have a crab mentality, man. They're walking sideways.

I don't have any shame.

You can be on the cusp of something. Appreciate the cusp, not the something. Appreciate this moment now.

The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.

It's been one of the most important tools for me in personal growth for understanding myself, how I am, and what effect I do have on other people.

The women in the room chatted about love, about childhood, about losing parents, about Mr. Spock, about good books they'd read. They mothered each other.

All the world is believers! They just believe in different absurdities!