--- title: "4 Conventions Quotes By Mark Shields" description: "4 Conventions quotes by Mark Shields. Plus more from Mark Shields and more Conventions sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/mark-shields-1572_bills_as-bill-clinton-said-so-eloquently-at-th_774478.png" --- > [As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/as-bill-clinton-said-so-eloquently-at-the-convention-during-vietnam/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/mark-shields-1572_bills_as-bill-clinton-said-so-eloquently-at-th_774478.png) > [ I think this was as good a Democratic Convention \[ this was my 24th convention\] as I have seen since the 1976… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-think-this-was-as-good-a-democratic-convention-this-was-my-24th/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/mark-shields-1572_carter_i-think-this-was-as-good-a-democratic-co_1187711.png) > [But take the Russia issue. You open up the convention, and you have got a report that the Democratic Party has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/but-take-the-russia-issue-you-open-up-the-convention-and-you-have-got/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/mark-shields-1572_advantage_but-take-the-russia-issue-you-open-up-th_2699545.jpg) > [Hillary Clinton should get a bounce out of her convention, I mean a bounce in the polls. I think it's probably conceded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/hillary-clinton-should-get-a-bounce-out-of-her-convention-i-mean-a/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/mark-shields-1572_bounce_hillary-clinton-should-get-a-bounce-out_3100262.jpg) ## Other authors on Conventions ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conventions/mark-shields/#itemlist", "name": "4 Conventions Quotes By Mark Shields", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Shields" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/as-bill-clinton-said-so-eloquently-at-the-convention-during-vietnam/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/mark-shields-1572_bills_as-bill-clinton-said-so-eloquently-at-th_774478.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/mark-shields-1572_bills_as-bill-clinton-said-so-eloquently-at-th_774478.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/mark-shields-1572_bills_as-bill-clinton-said-so-eloquently-at-th_774478.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was…” — Mark Shields", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think this was as good a Democratic Convention [ this was my 24th convention] as I have seen since the 1976 convention, which nominated Jimmy Carter.I just thought it was a spectacularly successful convention. 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