Courage--judgment--integrity--dedication--these are the historic qualities of the Bay Colony and the Bay State....And these are the qualities which, with God's help, this son of Massachusetts hopes will characterize our government's conduct in the four stormy years that lie ahead.

John F. Kennedy, Address to a Joint Convention of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The State House, Boston. Also know as the "City Upon a Hill" speech, Jan 09, 1961