George H.W. Bush: “I am pleased to nominate John H. Kelly to be an Assistant Secretary of State.”

the detention facility had become a propaganda tool for our enemies and a distraction for our allies.

A nation that can feed itself is a nation more secure.

it's time to put it aside. But, you know, from team Bush, it's a bitter pill to swallow, but you know what? You get back up and you help the man that won, and you make sure that we stop Hillary Clinton.

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