George H.W. Bush: “The world watches, confident that they will triumph.”

a propaganda tool for our enemies and a distraction for our allies.

I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy that we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. I mean, power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive, and it's important for the media to call to account…

I think we all need answers. Whether or not this special prosecutor's the right way to go tonight, you're talking to the wrong guy. I have great faith and Richard Burr for example, he's the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, really…

More than 220 years later, Washington's warning feels strikingly relevant.