Mark Shields Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention.”

“You can't have someone with a pinkie out there at the U.N. or any other place.”

“The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin.”

“What you have is two men seeking the White House; they're both products of prominent New England families. They both went to private boarding schools. They both went to a prestigious university.”

“In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In fact, individual giving to both the Kerry and Bush campaigns was the highest in our nation's history.”