George H.W. Bush: “I do proclaim that this proclamation shall become effective.”

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

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.

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

We know that free governments are the only way to ensure that the strong are just, and the weak are valued. And we know that when we lose sight of our ideals, it is not democracy that has failed. It is the failure of those charged with…