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

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.

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.

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.

Shakespeare's work had a liberating influence.

I have only made this letter rather long because I have not had time to make it shorter.

I began to see during the civil war, in that part of the states of Missouri and Kansas where the doctors were shut out, the children did not die.

The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.

I think most of the dramatic new ideas come from little companies that then grow big.

In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.

Your success in investing will depend in part on your character and guts, and in part on your ability to realize at the height of ebullience and the depth of despair alike that this too shall pass.

It don't take me no three days to record no album.

Each one of us has all the wisdom and knowledge we ever need right within us. It is available to us through our intuitive mind, which is our connection with universal intelligence.

I think that trying to invest through 535 people is a tough job, you know, and so I would give more latitude.