Chuck Robb

“We can't mortgage our future to pay for today's needs.”

“Public service is a public trust.”

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.”

“While we may be of different faiths, we have a common mandate to love and care for our fellow man.”

“You cannot have a strong national defense if you have a weak economy.”

“There's a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust.”

“We have to have a military that's second to none... The problem is that we are not being as effective in our diplomacy and our alliances as we should be.”

“The American dream is not a gift, but a responsibility.”

“We need to reclaim the middle ground of American politics.”

“We must not be frightened nor cajoled into accepting evil as deliverance from evil.”

“Moderation is not a vice.”