--- title: "29 People Quotes By Mark Shields" description: "29 People quotes by Mark Shields. Plus more from Mark Shields and more People sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/mark-shields-1572_decent_human-trafficking-is-a-human-tragedy-it_2718825.png" --- > [Human trafficking is a human tragedy. It's an outrage against any decent people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/human-trafficking-is-a-human-tragedy-it-s-an-outrage-against-any/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/mark-shields-1572_decent_human-trafficking-is-a-human-tragedy-it_2718825.png) > [Franklin Roosevelt had a pretty clear line. Ronald Reagan had a pretty clear line, people who rescue parties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/franklin-roosevelt-had-a-pretty-clear-line-ronald-reagan-had-a-pretty/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/mark-shields-1572_clear_franklin-roosevelt-had-a-pretty-clear-li_453639.png) > [The Democrats have an economic message that is directed at people at the lower end. That has been their cornerstone. The Republicans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/the-democrats-have-an-economic-message-that-is-directed-at-people-at/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/523/mark-shields-1572_cornerstones_the-democrats-have-an-economic-message-t_2875902.png) > [ \[Donald\] Trump is instructive.For Trump, it was that the global economy and the international world order were failing regular people. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/donald-trump-is-instructive-for-trump-it-was-that-the-global-economy/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/mark-shields-1572_donald-trump_donald-trump-is-instructive-for-trump-it_809509.png) > [Clinton's major problem, and the two aren't separable really because there is hope in the country, the hope - - optimism has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/clinton-s-major-problem-and-the-two-aren-t-separable-really-because/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/mark-shields-1572_chance_clinton-s-major-problem-and-the-two-aren_579936.jpg) > [ The Democrats have to do what he did when \[Rahm Emanuel\] was chairman of the Democratic House Campaign Committee, recruit veterans, recruit… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/the-democrats-have-to-do-what-he-did-when-rahm-emanuel-was-chairman/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/mark-shields-1572_ball-player_the-democrats-have-to-do-what-he-did-whe_2838657.png) > [There are people who know Hillary Clinton who tell wonderful stories about her, how likable she is, how funny she is; 99…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/there-are-people-who-know-hillary-clinton-who-tell-wonderful-stories/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/mark-shields-1572_american-people_there-are-people-who-know-hillary-clinto_2672511.png) > [By a 2-1 margin, voters believe that Donald Trump would change business as usual in Washington, but by almost as large a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/by-a-2-1-margin-voters-believe-that-donald-trump-would-change/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f6/mark-shields-1572_believe_by-a-2-1-margin-voters-believe-that-dona_2095255.png) > [I believe devoutly that the national election is the closest thing we have to a civic sacrament of democracy. And I really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-believe-devoutly-that-the-national-election-is-the-closest-thing-we/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/mark-shields-1572_accepting_i-believe-devoutly-that-the-national-ele_1147867.png) > [People in the White House work hard, whatever administration. They get rewarded in psychic income, a sense that they are involved in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/people-in-the-white-house-work-hard-whatever-administration-they-get/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/mark-shields-1572_administration_people-in-the-white-house-work-hard-what_2554453.png) > [The president has to have the trust, earn the trust, maintain the trust of people in order to lead. And there's nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/the-president-has-to-have-the-trust-earn-the-trust-maintain-the-trust/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/mark-shields-1572_bucks_the-president-has-to-have-the-trust-earn_1402652.png) > [Barack Obama knows that America cannot be strong abroad unless we are strong at home. People the world over have always been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/barack-obama-knows-that-america-cannot-be-strong-abroad-unless-we-are/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/mark-shields-1572_america_barack-obama-knows-that-america-cannot-b_249802.png) > [But the people at home if we're doing a town meeting or a town format. You have to answer the question that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/but-the-people-at-home-if-we-re-doing-a-town-meeting-or-a-town-format/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/mark-shields-1572_barack_but-the-people-at-home-if-we-re-doing-a_1479402.png) > [There is no question that, in 1980, Ronald Reagan had been portrayed as a war-monger, somebody who couldn't do anything off a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/there-is-no-question-that-in-1980-ronald-reagan-had-been-portrayed-as/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/mark-shields-1572_art-world_there-is-no-question-that-in-1980-ronald_632883.png) > [The lobbying over China most favored nation trading status was disgusting. There's no way in hell that MFN would have passed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/the-lobbying-over-china-most-favored-nation-trading-status-was/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/mark-shields-1572_accounts_the-lobbying-over-china-most-favored-nat_705272.png) > [The people who are rising, they're super ambitious. They have relationships with people above them. They have relationships, hierarchical, sort of people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/the-people-who-are-rising-they-re-super-ambitious-they-have/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/mark-shields-1572_ambitious_the-people-who-are-rising-they-re-super_2027911.png) > [I think that "Arabs coming out in droves" is so violative Jewish values that non-Jews admire so much about Jewish people throughout…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-think-that-arabs-coming-out-in-droves-is-so-violative-jewish-values/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72c/mark-shields-1572_admire_i-think-that-arabs-coming-out-in-droves_2262519.png) > [ I think Donald Trump is not going to be impeached \[in a \] month. Let's not close out possibilities.I do think that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-think-donald-trump-is-not-going-to-be-impeached-in-a-month-let-s/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7e/mark-shields-1572_active_i-think-donald-trump-is-not-going-to-be_2335020.png) > [Donald Trump, I hate to tell people who are concerned about it, is not going to be impeached. The American people believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/donald-trump-i-hate-to-tell-people-who-are-concerned-about-it-is-not/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/mark-shields-1572_american-people_donald-trump-i-hate-to-tell-people-who-a_2115911.jpg) > [All about midterm elections is turnouts. And turnout is measured by enthusiasm, intensity, how interested are people. And President Obama - candidate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/all-about-midterm-elections-is-turnouts-and-turnout-is-measured-by/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/mark-shields-1572_candidates_all-about-midterm-elections-is-turnouts_997021.jpg) > [I am struck the whole litany of people, especially of that era, who were involved in some scandal or another. Some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-am-struck-the-whole-litany-of-people-especially-of-that-era-who/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31a/mark-shields-1572_eras_i-am-struck-the-whole-litany-of-people-e_3113375.png) > [To me, the fundamental thing - well, I guess I see a lot of people debating in the wrong way. A lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/to-me-the-fundamental-thing-well-i-guess-i-see-a-lot-of-people/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/mark-shields-1572_coast_to-me-the-fundamental-thing-well-i-guess_2344647.jpg) > [ It's both strategic, to get people's minds off other things, and to pick an internal enemy. It's part of \[Donald Trump's\] psychodynamics… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/it-s-both-strategic-to-get-people-s-minds-off-other-things-and-to/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/mark-shields-1572_care_it-s-both-strategic-to-get-people-s-mind_524998.jpg) > [ \[Hillary Clinton\] showed, while in the Senate, that ability to connect and reach across and to forge alliances. I think she will… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/hillary-clinton-showed-while-in-the-senate-that-ability-to-connect/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/109/mark-shields-1572_ability_hillary-clinton-showed-while-in-the-sena_2745008.png) > [I have my disagreements with President Obama, but President Obama has run an amazingly scandal-free administration, not only he himself, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-have-my-disagreements-with-president-obama-but-president-obama-has/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/mark-shields-1572_administration_i-have-my-disagreements-with-president-o_2181257.png) > [Benjamin Netanyahu is no Winston Churchill. Whatever else he, is he's not a Winston Churchill. He basically violated the great rule, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/benjamin-netanyahu-is-no-winston-churchill-whatever-else-he-is-he-s/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/mark-shields-1572_election_benjamin-netanyahu-is-no-winston-churchi_2168496.jpg) > [You've got people who didn't serve with John Kerry saying they did serve with John Kerry in the boat. With George Bush,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/you-ve-got-people-who-didn-t-serve-with-john-kerry-saying-they-did/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/mark-shields-1572_boat_you-ve-got-people-who-didn-t-serve-with_1049622.jpg) > [The Democratic Party is a coalition. Its strength and its weakness is, it's a coalition of interest groups, caucuses. It's a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/the-democratic-party-is-a-coalition-its-strength-and-its-weakness-is/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ee/mark-shields-1572_believe_the-democratic-party-is-a-coalition-its_229129.png) > [I think that the people that are publicly on Hillary Clinton's short list all are very congenial people. They're not people with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-think-that-the-people-that-are-publicly-on-hillary-clinton-s-short/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/mark-shields-1572_captains_i-think-that-the-people-that-are-publicl_896619.jpg) ## Other authors on People - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 856 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 843 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 724 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 624 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 488 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 367 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 298 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 286 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernie-sanders-17420.jpg) Bernie Sanders 260 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/bernie-sanders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-c-maxwell-51081.jpg) John C. Maxwell 249 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/john-c-maxwell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 244 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/terry-pratchett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-gates-17911.jpg) Bill Gates 223 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/bill-gates/) ## 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/people/mark-shields/#itemlist", "name": "29 People Quotes By Mark Shields", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Human trafficking is a human tragedy. 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