Tough Quotes 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.

— Mark Shields

Donald Trump is sounding the same theme he has sounded since May or June of 2015.

— 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…

— 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…

— Mark Shields

It's interesting how identity politics and Ann Coulter-style tactics have now blossomed. But they were always there in CPAC.

— 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…

— 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…

— Mark Shields

Everyone has to take Donald Trump seriously, and I think that's what we're seeing.

— Mark Shields

Donald Trump defies gravity. And so I guess he has to be Donald Trump. It's gotten him so far.

— 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…

— Mark Shields

America is Republican until 5:00 or 6:00 at night.

— Mark Shields

John Kerry's biography was central to his campaign.

— Mark Shields