George H.W. Bush: “We will complete our mission in Iraq and leave behind a democracy that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend…”

Think of every problem, every challenge we face. The solution to each starts with education.

We're a blessed nation because we can grow our own food. A nation that can feed its people is a nation more secure.

This means that people of every race, religion, ethnicity can be fully and equally American. It means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the American creed.

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