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Marco Rubio

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Marco Rubio (born 1971) is an American politician who has served as a U.S. Senator from Florida. The son of Cuban immigrants, Rubio has been a prominent voice in national politics on issues including foreign policy, immigration, and economic opportunity. He ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

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“Mitt Romney understands free enterprise, he has worked in it. He has seen companies succeed and he has seen them fail, too. He knows what people think about when they invest their money.”

— Marco Rubio

Money

All Quotes by Marco Rubio

“It's impossible to walk a block in Miami, in Los Angeles, San Antonio without running into someone who is being deeply impacted by a broken legal immigration system.”

— Marco Rubio

Legal

“The reason why I'm here today is to explain why I am running and what I will do if you give me the honor and the privilege of representing you in the United States Senate. Now I'm running for the United State Senate for a simple reason, and that is...I want to win a Nobel Peace prize.”

— Marco Rubio

Peace

“Hope and Change has become Divide and Conquer.”

— Marco Rubio

Change

“Americans chose a free enterprise system designed to provide a quality of opportunity, not compel a quality of results. And that is why this is only place in the world where you can open up a business in the spare bedroom of your home.”

— Marco Rubio

Business

“And here's the fact: the fact is it doesn't solve the problem. First of all, if you taxed these people at 100 percent, basically next year you said, 'Look, every penny you make next year the government's going to take it from you,' it still doesn't solve the debt.”

— Marco Rubio

Government

“And I can tell you that history will back up what I'm about to say and that is that there is no government run by conservatives, Republicans, put whoever you want there, if you give government the opportunity to spend more money than it has, it will do it. It will do it every time.”

— Marco Rubio

Government

“I am privileged to be a citizen of the single greatest society in all of human history.”

— Marco Rubio

History

“It's not in our nature. Americans have never been a people that drive through a nice neighborhood and say, 'Oh, I hate the people who live in these nice houses.'”

— Marco Rubio

Nature

“But those who believe that what our people desire is big government are living in a state of delusion.”

— Marco Rubio

Government

“This is the greatest society in all of human history, the greatest country ever. Many of the decisions being made in Washington today by both parties are threatening that greatness. And if we stay on this road we're on right now, our children are going to be the first Americans ever to inherit a diminished country.”

— Marco Rubio

History

“Our national motto is 'In God we Trust,' reminding us that faith in our Creator is the most important American value of all.”

— Marco Rubio

Faith

“We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity.”

— Marco Rubio

Leadership

“I pinch myself because of the understanding that I've been blessed with a real rare opportunity that few Americans ever get - to serve their government and their people at this level.”

— Marco Rubio

Government

“For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for.”

— Marco Rubio

Government

“We have a government that borrows $4 billion a day. We have a government that owes trillions of dollars in debt, half of that to foreigners, most of that to Chinese investors. I don't - that is extreme. Not only is it extreme. It's insane and it's unsustainable.”

— Marco Rubio

Government

“Leadership can not be measured in a poll or even in the result of an election. It can only be truly seen with the benefit of time. From the perspective of 20 years, not 20 days.”

— Marco Rubio

Leadership

“We don't need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system. And then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to pay down the debt and never grow it again.”

— Marco Rubio

Government

“I traveled the state of Florida for two years campaigning. I have never met a job creator who told me that they were waiting for the next tax increase before they started growing their business. I've never met a single job creator who's ever said to me I can't wait until government raises taxes again so I can go out and create a job.”

— Marco Rubio

Business

“Unlike any other leader in modern American history, we are led today by a president that has decided to pit Americans against each other.”

— Marco Rubio

History

“Of course there are critics who believe that no matter what we do, the Florida dream is over. They claim that we must accept the idea that inevitably our future is one of high taxes and big government.”

— Marco Rubio

Future