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

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.

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

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.

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

Here is one of the worst things about having someone you love die: It happens again every single morning.

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.

This is not his job, I thought, it's his passion.

I'm always writing at night - things I would change, things I would do differently. When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.

And we were angry and poor and happy, And proud of seeing our names in print.

I don't know in advance what I am going to put on canvas any more than I decide beforehand what colours I am going to use.

There is no such thing as outside the universe, as far as we can tell.

Do you know how hard it is to play a character where youre always in heels? Oh, my goodness!

The fisherman fishes as the urchin eats cream buns, from lust.

Fear shall force what friendship cannot win.