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. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
From 1976, Judy to 1996, we had six presidential elections. And it was run under the Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1974. In all six of them, every candidate agreed to limits of what he could collect in contributions and… — 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
Donald Trump is sounding the same theme he has sounded since May or June of 2015. — Mark Shields Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
Everyone has to take Donald Trump seriously, and I think that's what we're seeing. — Mark Shields Copy Share
Donald Trump defies gravity. And so I guess he has to be Donald Trump. It's gotten him so far. — Mark Shields Copy Share
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
I think Guantanamo, has been synonymous with the staining of American values and American legal tradition. — Mark Shields Copy Share
Stronger together is, I think, a preposition and a comparative adjective, but it's not really an action verb or what it is. — Mark Shields Copy Share
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… — Mark Shields Copy Share
