George H.W. Bush: “There is no shortcut to democracy, no quick fix.”

I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy that we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. I mean, power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive, and it's important for the media to call to account…

One of our major problems is, we do not have enough immigrants. We are going to have to do something about our immigration policy.

I have always contended that. And I believe that you do not have a growing dynamic economy without the creative abilities and devotion and loyalty that immigrants bring to their country.

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