George H.W. Bush: “I do mean it. You all set a wonderful example.”

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.

No, I'm glad you're saying my name.

I want to thank Senator Cardin for his tremendous leadership, for years, on human rights issues.