George H.W. Bush: “I believe it will go very fast, and I believe that it will have smooth sailing.”

The case for trade is not just monetary, but moral . . .. Trade freely with China, and time is on our side.

Strength is not empty rhetoric. It's not bluster. And in my experience, the strongest person usually isn't the loudest one in the room.

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

Michael Dukakis has opposed virtually every defense system we've developed.