When you run for president of the United States, everybody does the same thing in the campaign-they talk about veterans, how much… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
George Washington was the president who could never tell a lie, and Richard Nixon was the president who could never tell the… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
There is no question that, in 1980, Ronald Reagan had been portrayed as a war-monger, somebody who couldn't do anything off a… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
All about midterm elections is turnouts. And turnout is measured by enthusiasm, intensity, how interested are people. And President Obama - candidate… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The problem is that every study I'm aware of, which is probably not that many, has indicated that a dollar spent in… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I thought what Steve Bannon said was probably more chilling or more threatening than anything the president [Donald Trump]says, I mean, because… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The president has to have the trust, earn the trust, maintain the trust of people in order to lead. And there's nothing… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Let's give the president some due here. They had a mess, and he fixed it, and they mobilized a lot of authority,… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
In the past, in order to continue as a candidate, a serious candidate, you had to be in the top three finishes… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Presidential trust is something, that's perishable and it's precious. And once a president loses it, it's not a question of whether it's… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I think she [Hillary Clinton] would be far superior to President [Barack] Obama, who is basically remote, aloof and not involved with… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Donald Trump, I hate to tell people who are concerned about it, is not going to be impeached. The American people believe… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
All politics is personal with President Trump. And that carries with it great, great problems. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I have my disagreements with President Obama, but President Obama has run an amazingly scandal-free administration, not only he himself, but the… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Franklin Roosevelt ran on a balanced budget in 1932, and the greatest president, certainly, of the 20th century. So the idea that… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump] stood up and he said, you finally have a president, you finally have a president. I am the future.And what… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
This is America, where a white Catholic male Republican judge was murdered on his way to greet a Democratic Jewish woman member… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
We had the clip of [Donald] Trump saying: I'm not president of the globe. I'm president of the United States.[Ronald] Reagan would… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
President [John F.] Kennedy, after the Bay of Pigs, said to Turner Catledge of The New York Times: I wish you had… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
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. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is sounding the same theme he has sounded since May or June of 2015. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I do look upon the secretary of education's primary responsibility as the quality of education that - and improving the education that every child… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
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… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
It's interesting how identity politics and Ann Coulter-style tactics have now blossomed. But they were always there in CPAC. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
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… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
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… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Everyone has to take Donald Trump seriously, and I think that's what we're seeing. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Donald Trump defies gravity. And so I guess he has to be Donald Trump. It's gotten him so far. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
My church [Catholisism] is hurting from arrogance and from its indifference to the suffering of children that were abused and the inclination of the… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image