Bob McDonnell Quotes

The citizens must be certain that the governor is attending to the duties for which he was elected.

My wife and daughters work. My campaign manager in 2005 was a working mother. I appointed 5 women to my senior staff as Attorney General.

I think the more we embrace the culture of life and respect life, the better that we do.

No matter what side of the spectrum you're on, you like to see your team fighting for the principle.

Like everybody, my views on many issues have changed as I have gotten older.

We have lost certainty and predictability in the regulatory and tax climate in America, and this is why we're recovering so slowly.

Are we a nation of guarantees or are we a nation of opportunities to achieve the American dream?

The EPA is now the Employment Prevention Agency.

Expanding Medicaid without fixing Medicaid is a terrible idea.

Every governor's got tough choices to make.

I think in Washington, D.C., a lot of people are talking down about business.

Jobs are what give people a sense of fulfillment and self-reliance.

Military families so much appreciate the love, support and prayers.

Informed consent is required for every invasive medical procedure, from getting your ears pierced to having an abortion.

I think people are by-and-large happy with the providers that they have got now. They treasure that doctor-patient relationship.

Success in business today requires real-time, mobile access to business opportunities.

The governor is Virginia's chief executive and represents the commonwealth at all times.

No president has ever been elected with unemployment over 8 percent.

I am all for using business - public and private - to expand healthcare coverage.

I made a fairly bold pledge that I wanted Virginia to be the energy capital of the East Coast.

There is no question that the minority party always makes a sport of going after the governor.

Fiscal responsibility and government reform are going to be good themes for governing, well at any time, but particularly coming out of a recovery.

I wrote my thesis on welfare policy.

Doctors have an ethical duty to follow the practices and standards of care.

I'm chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

I'm really the candidate who has really lived his whole life in suburbia.

Republican governors are leading the way in helping the private sector create new jobs, reforming government and getting our economy back on track.

If you know you're supported, you're going to work harder, you're going to be more focused on your mission.

People want results. I call it 'results oriented conservatism,' R.O.C. because that's what people want out of government.