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> [The pattern of American presidential elections is that the more optimistic candidate, whether it's John Kennedy and let's get America moving again, Ronald Reagan, it's morning in America, or Barack Obama, yes, we can, always wins, or nearly always wins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/the-pattern-of-american-presidential-elections-is-that-the-more/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

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> [This is America, where a white Catholic male Republican judge was murdered on his way to greet a Democratic Jewish woman member of Congress, who was his friend. Her life was saved initially by a 20-year old Mexican-American gay college…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/this-is-america-where-a-white-catholic-male-republican-judge-was/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

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## More by Mark Shields

> [I'm not sure Betsy DeVos has ever spent a day in a public school. And I don't - I'm pretty sure Donald Trump hasn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-m-not-sure-betsy-devos-has-ever-spent-a-day-in-a-public-school-and/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [Donald Trump is sounding the same theme he has sounded since May or June of 2015.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/donald-trump-is-sounding-the-same-theme-he-has-sounded-since-may-or/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [I do look upon the secretary of education's primary responsibility as the quality of education that - and improving the education that every child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-do-look-upon-the-secretary-of-education-s-primary-responsibility-as/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [Dan Coats, retiring senator from Indiana, a mild-mannered man, a former United States ambassador to Germany, former congressman, said of Ted Cruz he's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/dan-coats-retiring-senator-from-indiana-a-mild-mannered-man-a-former/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [It's interesting how identity politics and Ann Coulter-style tactics have now blossomed. But they were always there in CPAC.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/it-s-interesting-how-identity-politics-and-ann-coulter-style-tactics/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [When you run for president of the United States, everybody does the same thing in the campaign-they talk about veterans, how much they admire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/when-you-run-for-president-of-the-united-states-everybody-does-the/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [Americans don't like powerful figures who punch down, that is, who pick on someone less powerful and less able to speak for themselves than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/americans-don-t-like-powerful-figures-who-punch-down-that-is-who-pick/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [Everyone has to take Donald Trump seriously, and I think that's what we're seeing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/everyone-has-to-take-donald-trump-seriously-and-i-think-that-s-what/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [Donald Trump defies gravity. And so I guess he has to be Donald Trump. It's gotten him so far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/donald-trump-defies-gravity-and-so-i-guess-he-has-to-be-donald-trump/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [ My church \[Catholisism\] is hurting from arrogance and from its indifference to the suffering of children that were abused and the inclination of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/my-church-catholisism-is-hurting-from-arrogance-and-from-its/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [America is Republican until 5:00 or 6:00 at night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/america-is-republican-until-5-00-or-6-00-at-night/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [John Kerry's biography was central to his campaign.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/john-kerry-s-biography-was-central-to-his-campaign/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [I think Guantanamo, has been synonymous with the staining of American values and American legal tradition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-think-guantanamo-has-been-synonymous-with-the-staining-of-american/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [Stronger together is, I think, a preposition and a comparative adjective, but it's not really an action verb or what it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/stronger-together-is-i-think-a-preposition-and-a-comparative/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

> [If you only make fights that you're going to win, there would be no women's vote in America, there would be no civil rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/if-you-only-make-fights-that-you-re-going-to-win-there-would-be-no/)

[Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/)

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