“The Globe describes Deborah Goldberg as having ‘a law degree and a Harvard MBA.’ I’m tired of the prejudice.” — Fred Hopengarten 

Mike “Huckabee and Vander Plaats better hope we don’t decide that people with outdated, discriminatory views can no longer have free speech.” — Kevin Elwood 

“Don’t lose faith that benevolence in the Boston area is totally lost.” — Tim Evans 

“There’s something magical in seeing strangers transformed into compatriots, united by the shared burden of the elements.” — Abigail Wolf 

You “tossed your manners into the water along with all that tea.” — Linda Arends 

“Why isn’t he out in the streets in South Boston with a shovel, bringing people together to help clear their neighbors’ cars?” — Steven Greenberg 

“Given the flight of both white and affluent students to private schools, the district’s problems cannot be solved with curriculum.” — Ryan Fairhurst 

“Hundreds of these parents and thousands of these students are still alive today, living in the city, and able to testify to the realities of history.” — Paul and Judith Wright 

“It’s a sign of the city’s strength that it is finding ways to come to terms with this sorry episode.” — Bob Hardman 

“The truth is that there was never anything illegal, and the accusations were dismissed by the courts. There was neither an indictment nor a trial.” — Edmond Mulet 

“The truth is that there was never anything illegal, and the accusations were dismissed by the courts. There was neither an indictment nor a trial.” — Edmond Mulet 

“Say it ain’t so.” — Judith T. Heerlein 

“Hope is not a strategy.” — Ed Lawrence 

“I wonder what Giuliani thinks about Martin Luther King Jr. He was one of America’s most vocal critics.” — Julian Kenneth Braxton 

“Many people can’t hold onto their jobs, their family responsibilities, and their sanity if they can’t count on public transportation to get to work.” — Pam Wescott 

“We hope to see a commitment to new sources of funding and investment.” — Kelly Thompson Clark 

“Let’s use this opportunity to further invest in more healthy food on kids’ lunch trays and save taxpayer dollars.” — Lindsey Haynes-Maslow 

“Improved nutrition leads to lower health costs for chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and other obesity-related conditions.” — Mike Devlin 

“I take exception to Stephen Kinzer’s opinion that recent terror attacks in France and Britain can be traced to revenge from descendants of colonized countries.” — Simon Levy 

“The legacy of colonialism and its brutality, while perhaps not felt at first, did rear its ugly head later.” — Natalie Rosen 

“Philadelphia Insurance Cos. unfairly denied claims by agencies who provided critical services to some of the state’s most vulnerable residents on Long Island.” — Michael Weekes 

“Like Roosevelt at the beginning of the 20th century, Obama will be viewed as a president who initiated many of the important questions that will dominant the . . . 21st century.” — Jeff Waters 

“Local bar owners were up in arms until they heard that a similar law implemented a bit earlier in New York City resulted in increased business.” — Irving Bigio 

“Tim Murray, would you care to weigh in?” — Brenda Scott 

“When complex issues reached Truman’s desk and tough decisions had to be made, ‘Give ‘em hell’ Harry . . . and he acted accordingly.” — David Greenfield