Bob McDonnell Quotes
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This has been both a heartbreaking and humbling period of time for me and for my family. But what I can control is how I react to things and what I can control is how to make Virginia a better state.
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No president has ever been elected with unemployment over 8 percent.
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I think people are by-and-large happy with the providers that they have got now. They treasure that doctor-patient relationship.
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I made a fairly bold pledge that I wanted Virginia to be the energy capital of the East Coast.
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Military families so much appreciate the love, support and prayers.
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We have lost certainty and predictability in the regulatory and tax climate in America, and this is why we're recovering so slowly.
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Success in business today requires real-time, mobile access to business opportunities.
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If you know you're supported, you're going to work harder, you're going to be more focused on your mission.
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Besides the healthcare bill being unconstitutional and a great expansion of federal government, I think if it does not respect people's individual religious views and makes groups or individuals do things that are contrary to their deeply held beliefs, there is going to be a visceral negative reaction.
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Anytime you have a reelection campaign against an incumbent president and you're the party out of power - on the one hand it's wide open because there's not an heir apparent - but people are also gauging how strong is that incumbent president and what are my chances.
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Every governor's got tough choices to make.
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The governor is Virginia's chief executive and represents the commonwealth at all times.
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People want results. I call it 'results oriented conservatism,' R.O.C. because that's what people want out of government.
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I think the more we embrace the culture of life and respect life, the better that we do.
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There is no question that the minority party always makes a sport of going after the governor.
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Informed consent is required for every invasive medical procedure, from getting your ears pierced to having an abortion.
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I am all for using business - public and private - to expand healthcare coverage.
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I tell you what Hispanics in Virginia tell me they want. They want access to the American dream. That's why they come here to Virginia and to America, so they want more opportunities to start small business, better schools.
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No matter what side of the spectrum you're on, you like to see your team fighting for the principle.
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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.
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Are we a nation of guarantees or are we a nation of opportunities to achieve the American dream?
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Jobs are what give people a sense of fulfillment and self-reliance.
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I wrote my thesis on welfare policy.
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Expanding Medicaid without fixing Medicaid is a terrible idea.