Mark Sanford Quotations

One thing we need to guard against is panic buying. It exacerbates the problem.

One thing we need to guard against is panic buying, ... It exacerbates the problem.

I don't know Carl Lindner, ... I don't know what he does; I have no connection to him.

I didn't make any money today. Everything is going up. Everything but the price of crabs.

Having literally dedicated the whole of his adult life to representing the people of Clarendon and Williamsburg, Alex was truly a servant of the people, ... That commitment to the ideals he lived by and the people he served will be sorely missed.

It is imperative that everyone have a chance at the economic ladder, and to do this we must be a state of economic opportunity.

is about as dead as it can be. That game is over.

What I've come to learn is that (the Jasper port) would be a private (venture), ... If that's the case, I have no problem with it whatsoever.

We simply have to become more competitive as a state if we're going to be successful in creating jobs, bringing capital investment and raising income levels here in South Carolina.

This number means we've outpaced two-thirds of the nation in percentage job growth over that same time period.

Billy Hill I've known since freshman year in Congress,

Based on all the information we've received at this point, this storm could pose a real danger to our state's coast, particularly to low-lying areas in Georgetown and Horry counties, ... I also want to make it perfectly clear to folks throughout South Carolina that the potential for severe weather is not limited to the coast. This is a serious storm that's got the potential to do a lot of damage and put lives in jeopardy if we don't take it seriously.

The team gave a great effort today on every single play of the game. They hung in there and fought until the end. They had to play literally every play of the game but they did it fighting as hard as they could.

This is a serious storm that's got the potential to do a lot of damage and put lives in jeopardy if we don't take it seriously.

The big picture is that the federal government is a disaster with regard to long-term spending.

It's important for everyone to remain calm and patient, and to conserve gas while we continue to work toward determining how to best address this situation. Right now, we're doing a couple of things to respond. One, we're asking all state agencies to cut nonessential travel. Two, we're working with folks in the gas industry and with the federal government to find ways to keep gas flowing.

I've known him for years, ... We hunt together. He's become a very close personal friend.

Anytime there's this significant a drop in the unemployment rate, it's obviously great news for our state.

Small businesses are the backbone of job creation in South Carolina, but we're not maximizing our potential when we've got what's effectively the highest income tax rate in the Southeast holding us back.

I'm glad our offer of privatization as an option for all 4-year state-supported colleges and universities in South Carolina has stirred the pot a bit.

I'm sure there will be a lot of legalistic explanations pointing out that the president lied under oath. His (Livingston's) situation was not under oath. The bottom line, though, is that he still lied. He lied under a different oath, and that's the oath to his wife. So it's got to be taken seriously.

If you're just going to add graduation requirements, you're just (going to be seen as) piling on,

I am one imperfect man saved by God's grace,

Parents with meager means have the same aspirations for their children as other parents. Children from poor families have the same needs as other children.

Too many people in government seem to think they are above regular folks, and I said I would expect humility in the way each member of my team served- that they would recognize that the taxpayer is boss.

Sin is ground in the notion of what is there that I want.

Too many people, because they were white and poor, black and rich, or just plain busy with something other than politics, have felt they had no voice in our government.

I think it would be nearly impossible to find someone who has contributed more to South Carolina than Carroll Campbell. His efforts to transform South Carolina's economy and raise our state's income levels are still paying dividends today.

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.

"I've become a huge fan of term limits," the former aide said, "because Armey and the others in leadership used to be just like you and your crew in their approach to spending. They have changed over the years."

I was assigned to a medical unit and was part of a group receiving men returning from theater headed to hospital care, many forever maimed with life-altering wounds. It made a strong impression because wounded men and body bags come back to home districts, not Washington, D.C., and accordingly, there is no more sacred vote than those surrounding war where life hangs in the balance.

The top threat that gets very little focus from Washington these days is what Adm. Mike Mullen identified as the biggest threat to the U.S.: the American debt.

In not my, but our collective hands, is held the promise of change.