Best Quote by Devin McCourty

The old charters of Massachusetts, Virginia, and the Carolinas had given title to strips of territory extending from the Atlantic westward to the Pacific.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

“The important point of this report [Montague, Massachusetts; July 7, 1774] may be summed up in six resolutions: 1. We approve of the plan…

— Edward Pearson Pressey

“In Massachusetts and Vermont, there had been plenty of mosquitoes, but in New Hampshire, they had reinforcements.”

— Jennifer Pharr Davis

I was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on June 1, 1917, but I actually grew up in nearby New Bedford.

— William Standish Knowles

Two [Massachusetts coal burning power plants] remain: Brayton Point in the South Coast region and Mt. Tom, just down the road. Within the next…

— Deval Patrick

I am told that there have been over the years a number of experiments taking place in places like Massachusetts Institute of Technology that…

— Patrick Stewart

Now I have been studying very closely what happens every day in the courts in Boston, Massachusetts. You would be astounded--maybe you wouldn't, maybe…

— Howard Zinn

Reforming the way the state works with businesses and providing incentives for employers will help preserve and create new jobs in Massachusetts.

— Mitt Romney

“Spring comes into Massachusetts with her famous flame. God’s breath warming the winter out of things”

— Sebastian Barry

[The Massachusetts constitution] resembles the federal Constitution of 1787 more closely than any of the other revolutionary state constitutions. It was also drawn up…

— Gordon S. Wood

And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children.…

— Mitt Romney

In 1887, Oregon became the first state to make Labor Day an official holiday, with Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York quickly following suit.

— Brendan I. Koerner