Bob McDonnell Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

I listened to 19 guilty verdicts for my wife and me. And all I could do was sob.

I'm chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

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

I wrote my thesis on welfare policy.

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.

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

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

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

Every governor's got tough choices to make.

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

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

The EPA is now the Employment Prevention Agency.

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

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

Expanding Medicaid without fixing Medicaid is a terrible idea.

I didn't know what a Rolex cost to be honest. I'm a Seiko and Timex guy, and always have been.

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

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

I tell you what Hispanics in Virginia tell me they want. They want access to the American dream. Thats why they come here to Virginia and to America, so they want more opportunities to start small business, better schools.

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

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