--- title: "21 President Quotes By Mark Shields" description: "21 President quotes by Mark Shields. Plus more from Mark Shields and more President sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/mark-shields-1572_historian_i-didn-t-realize-the-president-was-such_1107497.png" --- > [I didn't realize the president was such an historian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-didn-t-realize-the-president-was-such-an-historian/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/mark-shields-1572_historian_i-didn-t-realize-the-president-was-such_1107497.png) > [All politics is personal with President Trump. And that carries with it great, great problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/all-politics-is-personal-with-president-trump-and-that-carries-with/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fce/mark-shields-1572_carrie_all-politics-is-personal-with-president_2141208.png) > [Mitt Romney looks like a president. I mean, he really does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/mitt-romney-looks-like-a-president-i-mean-he-really-does/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/mark-shields-1572_doe_mitt-romney-looks-like-a-president-i-mea_2086552.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) > [George Washington was the president who could never tell a lie, and Richard Nixon was the president who could never tell the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/george-washington-was-the-president-who-could-never-tell-a-lie-and/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/mark-shields-1572_george-w_george-washington-was-the-president-who_317418.png) > [Let's give the president some due here. They had a mess, and he fixed it, and they mobilized a lot of authority,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/let-s-give-the-president-some-due-here-they-had-a-mess-and-he-fixed/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/mark-shields-1572_dues_let-s-give-the-president-some-due-here-t_1500388.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/presidential-trust-is-something-that-s-perishable-and-it-s-precious/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/mark-shields-1572_conflict_presidential-trust-is-something-that-s-p_1704726.png) > [ I thought what Steve Bannon said was probably more chilling or more threatening than anything the president \[Donald Trump\]says, I mean, because… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-thought-what-steve-bannon-said-was-probably-more-chilling-or-more/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/mark-shields-1572_chill_i-thought-what-steve-bannon-said-was-pro_1339662.png) > [When you run for president of the United States, everybody does the same thing in the campaign-they talk about veterans, how much…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/mark-shields-1572_admire_when-you-run-for-president-of-the-united_76967.png) > [ I think she \[Hillary Clinton\] would be far superior to President \[Barack\] Obama, who is basically remote, aloof and not involved with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-think-she-hillary-clinton-would-be-far-superior-to-president-barack/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/mark-shields-1572_aloof_i-think-she-hillary-clinton-would-be-far_2017984.png) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/we-had-the-clip-of-donald-trump-saying-i-m-not-president-of-the-globe/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/mark-shields-1572_clip_we-had-the-clip-of-donald-trump-saying-i_2662120.png) > [ President \[John F.\] Kennedy, after the Bay of Pigs, said to Turner Catledge of The New York Times: I wish you had… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/president-john-f-kennedy-after-the-bay-of-pigs-said-to-turner/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/mark-shields-1572_bay-of-pigs_president-john-f-kennedy-after-the-bay-o_3089349.png) > [Franklin Roosevelt ran on a balanced budget in 1932, and the greatest president, certainly, of the 20th century. So the idea that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/franklin-roosevelt-ran-on-a-balanced-budget-in-1932-and-the-greatest/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47b/mark-shields-1572_20th-century_franklin-roosevelt-ran-on-a-balanced-bud_2204700.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) > [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) > [This is America, where a white Catholic male Republican judge was murdered on his way to greet a Democratic Jewish woman member…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/mark-shields-1572_african-american_this-is-america-where-a-white-catholic-m_2536179.png) > [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) > [In the past, in order to continue as a candidate, a serious candidate, you had to be in the top three finishes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/in-the-past-in-order-to-continue-as-a-candidate-a-serious-candidate/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/mark-shields-1572_amount_in-the-past-in-order-to-continue-as-a-ca_1586606.jpg) > [The problem is that every study I'm aware of, which is probably not that many, has indicated that a dollar spent in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/the-problem-is-that-every-study-i-m-aware-of-which-is-probably-not/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/mark-shields-1572_avoidance_the-problem-is-that-every-study-i-m-awar_1304395.jpg) > [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) > [ \[Donald Trump\] stood up and he said, you finally have a president, you finally have a president. I am the future.And what… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/donald-trump-stood-up-and-he-said-you-finally-have-a-president-you/) [Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/mark-shields-1572_conservative_donald-trump-stood-up-and-he-said-you-fi_2462528.png) ## Other authors on President - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 230 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jay-leno-47716.jpg) Jay Leno 197 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/jay-leno/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 174 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 153 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 110 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mitt-romney-68672.jpg) Mitt Romney 109 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/mitt-romney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-conan-obrien-24934.jpg) Conan O'Brien 97 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/conan-o-brien/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-fallon-49968.jpg) Jimmy Fallon 92 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/jimmy-fallon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-letterman-27689.jpg) David Letterman 92 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/david-letterman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mike-pence-68090.jpg) Mike Pence 74 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/mike-pence/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-j-clinton-95571.jpg) William J. Clinton 67 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/president/william-j-clinton/) ## 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/president/mark-shields/#itemlist", "name": "21 President Quotes By Mark Shields", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't realize the president was such an historian.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Shields" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-shields/i-didn-t-realize-the-president-was-such-an-historian/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/mark-shields-1572_historian_i-didn-t-realize-the-president-was-such_1107497.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/mark-shields-1572_historian_i-didn-t-realize-the-president-was-such_1107497.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/mark-shields-1572_historian_i-didn-t-realize-the-president-was-such_1107497.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I didn't realize the president was such an historian.” — Mark Shields", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All politics is personal with President Trump. 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