The White House, as Warren Harding said, and I think accurately, is an alchemist. We find out the strengths, the weaknesses and the smarts and the dumbs of whoever those occupants are under the pressure of the presidency.
George Washington was the president who could never tell a lie, and Richard Nixon was the president who could never tell the truth. Donald Trump is t… - Mark Shields
George Washington was the president who could never tell a lie, and Richard Nixon was the president who could never tell the truth. Donald Trump is t…
- Mark Shields
Drones are sort of the perfect weapon for a country that doesn't want to go to war. It only - there's no fingerprint. There's no direct involvement. … - Mark Shields
Drones are sort of the perfect weapon for a country that doesn't want to go to war. It only - there's no fingerprint. There's no direct involvement. …
I thought Mike Pence, upon reflection to me, came across a little bit like your favorite aunt who refuses, in spite of first-person evidence that gra… - Mark Shields
I thought Mike Pence, upon reflection to me, came across a little bit like your favorite aunt who refuses, in spite of first-person evidence that gra…
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 damage… - Mark Shields
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 damage…
The measure of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, but whether, as Franklin Roosevelt said, we provide e… - Mark Shields
The measure of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, but whether, as Franklin Roosevelt said, we provide e…
The organizing principle of the United States defensive foreign policy had been opposition to the Soviet Union. There is no more Soviet Union. - Mark Shields
The organizing principle of the United States defensive foreign policy had been opposition to the Soviet Union. There is no more Soviet Union.
There's nothing wrong with being organized.Things that change history tend to be organized. - Mark Shields
There's nothing wrong with being organized.Things that change history tend to be organized.
I think it's fair to say that Donald Trump was born without the embarrassment gene or the moral reservation gene. - Mark Shields
I think it's fair to say that Donald Trump was born without the embarrassment gene or the moral reservation gene.
I have my disagreements with President Obama, but President Obama has run an amazingly scandal-free administration, not only he himself, but the peop… - Mark Shields
I have my disagreements with President Obama, but President Obama has run an amazingly scandal-free administration, not only he himself, but the peop…
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