George H.W. Bush: “Oh, yes. This is going to be wonderful.”

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

We've seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty.

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

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