He added, "I believe in a strong, robust executive authority, and I think the world we live in demands it".
The public school system needs to be fortified by a robust central authority, coupled with state, local and parental involvement.
The age that brought us robust presidential authority in place of the arrangement envisioned by the founders was born of domestic crisis.
Labour has called for the IPCC to be replaced "tougher, more robust" standards authority.
His stepson, artist Mark Harrington recalls "He had a wonderfully robust moral authority that was leavened by mischievous humor and disciplined by an acute intellectual rigor".
It meant the administration "did not favor asking for legislation in areas in which the president already had robust constitutional authorities because it would set precedents that permanently limited the authority of future presidents," Rumsfeld notes.
But it still was not sufficiently robust for the authorities.
And the F.D.A. will seek more robust and flexible regulatory authority to clamp down on the chemical if the evidence warrants.
The families in mourning in the Russian Arctic may not yet see it, but there is a connection between their plight and the need for some counterweight to central authority, including robust media, in a country where absolute power has so often corrupted its holders absolutely.
"We believe the new Localism Act will fail to deliver a workable planning system unless a number of key issues are resolved, including proper local authority resourcing, robust transition arrangements and changes to the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)," he said.
