When I was Governor of Massachusetts, we worked to get Sable Island gas into New England.

We will have a border that is open for business, open for tourism, open for legitimate travelers; but that is closed to terrorists and drug pushers and smugglers and others who seek to break the law.

This ability to have reliable sources of energy and a reliable transmission of energy here in North America is critical for both of us and for Mexico as we want to keep our economies growing.

The agreement to place the binational planning group at our new Northern Command was also signed in December.

We are very grateful for what the Ontario provincial government is doing, and for cooperation from provincial and local police forces all across Canada.

Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.

Yet there is disappointment in Washington and in the United States that Canada is not supporting us fully.

We need to defeat al Queda and other terrorist organizations.

When you think about the day-to-day, positive impact on the lives of U.S. citizens, there is no relationship that we have in the world that is more important than our relationship with Canada.

Canada is preparing to play a major role in the continued stability and security of Afghanistan through ISAF.

This war in Iraq is part of a larger effort to remove this terrorist threat from the planet.

Positive impact, positive society.

Her [Odette's] eyes were beautiful, but so large they seemed to droop beneath their own weight, strained the rest of her face and always made her appear unwell or in a bad mood.

Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.

One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty.

I've done what I could as a painter and that seems to me to be sufficient. I don't want to be compared to the great masters of the past, and my painting is open to criticism; that's enough.

As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am.

The peers just fill the air with their speeches.""And from what I've seen, vice versa.

When I'm doing a drawing, I'm personifying the place that is empty. A place that is unmarked.

Coincidence. That's an explanation used by fools and liars.

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.