Mark Shields Quotes & Sayings

“There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.”

“As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve.”

“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 them, how grateful they are.”

“The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.”

“If I were John Bolton, I'd take great consolation in the words of my principal supporter on the committee, who gave a ringing endorsement, which was, There is no evidence that he has broken any laws.”

“You've got people who didn't serve with John Kerry saying they did serve with John Kerry in the boat. With George Bush, we can't find anybody who did serve with him.”

“The advantage that hospitals have over other institutions is that hospitals are community-based. You can't outsource your work; you can't move your emergency department to Pakistan.”

“Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command, save one, has stood with him.”

“George Bush is trying to play it both ways.”

“I didn't realize the president was such an historian.”