"I liked to go to court. I became a lawyer because of the allure of the courtroom, not necessarily to be chained to an office desk."

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The lobbying over China most favored nation trading status was disgusting. There's no way in hell that MFN would have passed in '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, 2000 if all these companies hadn't come in flooding and making campaign contributions and ask for people's support. That drove the debate. Every year was the allure of corporate dollars flooding into members' bank accounts.

— Mark Shields