Mark Sanford



Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford, Jr. (born May 28, 1960) is an American politician and author. A Republican, Sanford served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 1995 to 2001 and from 2013 to 2019, as well as the 115th governor of South Carolina from 2003 until 2011.

Quotes

 * I think it would be much better for the country and for (Clinton) personally (to resign). I come from the business side.  If you had a chairman or president in the business world facing these allegations, he'd be gone.
 * On the Clinton sex scandal; reported in Robert Behre "Sanford fallout seen as severe, with long-lasting effects", The Post and Courier (Sept. 12, 1998).


 * The idea of their being a, you know, a little mud hole and two mosquitoes get together and the next thing you know you have a human being [pause] is completely at odds with, you know, one of the laws of thermodynamics which is the law of, of [pause] in essence, destruction.
 * Newswatch, WIS-TV, 29 January 2006


 * I could digress and say that you have the ability to give magnificent gentle kisses, or that I love your tan lines or that I love the curve of your hips, the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of the night's light. but hey, that would be going into sexual details...
 * From emails to Argentine mistress; reported in "Sanford-Maria e-mails shed light on governor's affair", The State (June 25, 2009).


 * There wasn’t a lot of substance, and I think at some point we got to get to substance in the most significant political position in the world
 * Talking about Trump’s lack of knowledge of how many articles exist according to"Trump Manages To Give Some House GOPers More Heartburn In Hill Meeting" (July 7, 2016)


 * The notion of cleansing history seems to me a huge mistake
 * When talking about the removal of Confederate statues according to "I’m a citizen with no country:’ Mark Sanford on turning against Trump and his party" (August 23, 2021)