I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There
she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history;
the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There
is Boston and Concord and Lexington and Bunker Hill; and there they
will remain forever.
-- Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
-- Second Speech on Foot's Resolution, Jan. 26, 1830, p. 317