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Democrats can have a different version of the line, or they can just say, no, we are the party of international peace and activism, and we're the party that's going to have a civilized capitalism.

Mark Shields

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Mark Shields
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 25
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Weymouth
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Mark Stephen Shields
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There is nothing more basic to our democracy than the right to participate in electing our political leaders.
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