Mark Shields Quotes

I think Hillary Clinton understands the ins and outs of the White House better than anyone who's come before her.

And I think Hillary Clinton is able to be elected president of the United States.

I think he intends to run for president... I think Senator McCain cares about the opinions of New Hampshire voters.

I learned a lot about America and a lot about Pat Schroeder, and that's why I will not be a candidate for President.

I hope Hillary Clinton runs for president.

I don't think the Donald Trump's qualified to be president of the United States, and every time he speaks, that opinion is confirmed.

I believe that Hillary Clinton is one of the best prepared people in our history to enter the Oval Office, with her vision, her knowledge, her experience, her strategic thinking, her connection to the American people.

I think the Democrats have - we really have failed to be in rural America, in the sense of having our leaders spending time talking to folks in rural America. The president Barack Obama has been there, but other than the president and vice president, we have had not a whole lot of conversation in rural America.

Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.

I would feel safe with my husband as president. I think Barack Obama is a fine man. I think Michelle Obama is a fine woman. This is about who would be better and I think my husband would be better.

The thing about Barack Obama, just from being around him, is he's cooler than the other politicians, but just nerdy enough to do the job. Like you can't be really cool and be the president.

I really think that everything that's known about Hillary has been dissected, rehashed. For some people that is an argument that she would be the better candidate against McCain.

Let me tell you, if Hillary Clinton's president of the United States, nothing's going to happen. It's just going to be talk.

I'm not a fan of Donald Trump. To be perfectly honest, I don't think violence is the answer to anything and I think, hopefully, she [Hillary Clinton] will be our president.

I think we can all agree this is a very important election [2016]. We don't want to see Hillary Clinton become the president of the United States.

A new poll found that almost 70 percent of voters say that whoever our next president is, they must have political experience. You know, because it would be rude to say 'anyone but Donald Trump.'

[Barack Obama to be] much worse [than George W. Bush].

Donald Trump is doing well. Trump is shocking everybody. He's shocking the Democrats. He's shocking the Republicans. He's shocking world. Contrast what's happened here in just the last three days with eight years of Barack Obama. We have had no apologizing. We've had no bowing. We've had a president of the United States actually tell the heads of state of countries where terrorism is rampant to get rid of it, to drive it out. We've had a president of the United States directly confront Iran where his our previous president threw everybody else overboard for Iran.

Hilary Clinton might have been a better pick than me.

The American public will be clear on who's most fit to be president. And that's Hillary Clinton.

I think Americans expect optimism in their leadership. The most popular and effective leaders, whether it was Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan or Jack Kennedy, brought to it a sense of optimism and possibility.

My advice would be the same advice that I gave President [George W.] Bush when he won in '04, and, kind of, wasn't followed. I think you go with the things you know you can pass.

I will say that I appreciate Hillary Clinton's awareness and passion for women. I think she is overqualified in the sense that she's been in the White House, so she knows the drill. I am hopeful that she will continue to support minorities and create better opportunities.

I think Hillary Clinton is an outstandingly capable and decent person.

Hillary Clinton is probably one of the best prepared people to walk into the Oval Office certainly in a generation, with all the love and respect and admiration that I have for President Obama, and he's been a great president, going in he was nowhere nearly as prepared as Hillary Clinton.