Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.

Big things are expected of us, and nothing big ever came of being small.

Now this state [that] gave us John Adams and John Kennedy has now given us John Kerry , a good man, a great senator, a visionary leader.

We can honor Dr. King's sacrifice. We can help his children fulfill their legacy. ... Every one of us are in a way the children of Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King.

By lifting the weakest, poorest among us, we lift the rest of us as well.

All of us -- parents, schools, communities and government -- share responsibility to keep kids safe.