People in the White House work hard, whatever administration. They get rewarded in psychic income, a sense that they are involved in… — Mark Shields Administration Copy Share Image
That's the job of a free press is to hold the lamp up, to investigate, to hold accountable. And denying access, as… — Mark Shields Access Copy Share Image
If you're on the other side from me, you're not simply wrong or ill-informed or mistaken. We don't share the same country,… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I'm sure little Marco [Rubio] didn't think it would stick. I'm sure crooked Hillary [Clinton] didn't think it would stick. These labels… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Critics of Donald Trump take him literally, but not seriously. His supporters take him seriously, but not literally. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Whether it's her [ Hillary Clinton] guarded privacy or whatever else, I mean, there has got to be some sense that this… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
It's tempting to remember that the Tea Party had a peak and then the Republican Party establishment sort of beat it back… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
At a time when the public is sour on politicians, have no use for them, Bill Clinton has risen to a different… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I think this was as good a Democratic Convention [ this was my 24th convention] as I have seen since the 1976… — 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.… — Mark Shields Campaign finance Copy Share Image
I think part of Donald Trump's appeal is that he's a guy that does cut corners, that he's the guy that does… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
By a 2-1 margin, voters believe that Donald Trump would change business as usual in Washington, but by almost as large a… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I believe devoutly that the national election is the closest thing we have to a civic sacrament of democracy. And I really… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Clinton's major problem, and the two aren't separable really because there is hope in the country, the hope - - optimism has… — Mark Shields Chance Copy Share Image
I mean, this is a group [Republicans], don't forget, that gave its presidential straw ballot to Ron Paul, Ron Paul, and Rand… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The final thing the Tea Party had was, they fed into the philosophy that Donald Trump now embodies. So they had a… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The measure of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, but whether, as… — Mark Shields Abundance Copy Share Image
There are people who know Hillary Clinton who tell wonderful stories about her, how likable she is, how funny she is; 99… — Mark Shields American people Copy Share Image
White working-class voters or working-class voters have felt abandoned, have felt, in many senses, disparaged by the political leadership of America. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump is not going to be impeached [in a ] month. Let's not close out possibilities.I do think that… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In fact, individual giving to both the Kerry… — Mark Shields Campaigns Copy Share Image
The organizing principle of the United States defensive foreign policy had been opposition to the Soviet Union. There is no more Soviet… — Mark Shields Foreign policy Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton should get a bounce out of her convention, I mean a bounce in the polls. I think it's probably conceded… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
If you only make fights that you're going to win, there would be no women's vote in America, there would be no… — Mark Shields America Copy Share Image
When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention. — Mark Shields Attention Copy Share Image
Now Republicans are a more interventionist party than they have been at any time since George W. Bush left office. — Mark Shields Democracy Copy Share Image
[Hillary] Clinton is much more embracing of the global economy and the international world order. [Ben] Sanders and [Scott] Warren are much… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I do think, over the last years, a lot of Republicans have decided it's not working, what the party believed in, free… — Mark Shields Borders Copy Share Image
The Republicans have, with some pride - George W. Bush won the White House by promising to restore dignity to the Oval… — Mark Shields Democracy Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is an independent presidential candidate who ran on the Republican label. He really did. He took it over. He transformed… — Mark Shields Candidate Copy Share Image
The argument of those who are being criticized at any time, the civil rights movement forward, the anti-war movement forward, is, it's… — Mark Shields Anti war Copy Share Image
What you have is two men seeking the White House; they're both products of prominent New England families. They both went to… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
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 Action 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
You have to understand that Republicans are on lockstep on one issue. They will not raise taxes. Democrats are in lockstep on… — Mark Shields Abortion Copy Share Image
I saw money change votes.I mean, they just seem unaware of this, that money is something - if they want to see… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
When you have got military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, they're intended for one purpose. And that is to inflict as much… — Mark Shields Assault Copy Share Image
The studies that show the reason Washington real estate is booming and there are so many lobbyists in town, it does pay. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Barack Obama knows that America cannot be strong abroad unless we are strong at home. People the world over have always been… — Mark Shields America Copy Share Image
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![“I think Donald Trump is not going to be impeached [in a ] month. Let's not close out possibilities.I do think that what's happening is great and that people are active and people are just involved in the democratic process.” quote by Mark Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7e/mark-shields-1572_active_i-think-donald-trump-is-not-going-to-be_2335020.png)
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