Bob McDonnell Quotes
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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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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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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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I am all for using business - public and private - to expand healthcare coverage.
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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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No president has ever been elected with unemployment over 8 percent.
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Success in business today requires real-time, mobile access to business opportunities.
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Military families so much appreciate the love, support and prayers.
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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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I think the more we embrace the culture of life and respect life, the better that we do.
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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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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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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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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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The governor is Virginia's chief executive and represents the commonwealth at all times.
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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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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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Expanding Medicaid without fixing Medicaid is a terrible idea.
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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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No matter what side of the spectrum you're on, you like to see your team fighting for the principle.
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I think in Washington, D.C., a lot of people are talking down about business.
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I don't think the objective of an abortion clinic is to try to talk women out of having the procedure. That obviously would not be positive for their bottom line.
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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.