“We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.”

On Friday, George Clooney was given an honorary award at the César Awards, which are basically the Oscars of France.

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And during his speech, Clooney spoke out about Donald Trump, though not by name, through the words of Edward R. Murrow.

Clooney directed and appeared in the 2005 historical drama Good Night and Good Luck about Murrow's journalistic efforts to discredit Joseph McCarthy's Communist witch hunts in the 1950s.

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“I was thinking about Edward R. Murrow as we find ourselves nostalgic for when America was great and when the news wasn’t fake. Maybe his words some 60 years ago can help put things in perspective.”

"I was thinking about Edward R. Murrow as we find ourselves nostalgic for when America was great and when the news wasn't fake. Maybe his words some 60 years ago can help put things in perspective."

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“’We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must not walk in fear, one of another. We must not be driven by fear into an age of unreason. If we dig deep in our history and … remember that we are not descendants from fearful people.'”

“'We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must not walk in fear, one of another. We must not be driven by fear into an age of unreason. If we dig deep in our history and … remember that we are not descendants from fearful people.'"