“But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests.That we shouldn't be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us.”
— Marco Rubio
Government
“America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society.”
— Marco Rubio
Society
“My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life, my mom was a maid and a cashier and a stock clerk at WalMart. We were not people of financial means in terms of significant financial means. I always told them, 'I didn't always have what I wanted. I always had what I needed.' My parents always provided that.”
— Marco Rubio
Dad
“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
“There's never been a nation like the United States, ever. It begins with the principles of our founding documents, principles that recognize that our rights come from God, not from our government.”
— 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
“The Hispanic community understands the American Dream and have not forgotten what they were promised - that in the U.S., a free market system, allows us all to succeed economically, achieve stability and security for your family and leave your children better off than yourselves.”
— Marco Rubio
Family
“But let me tell you what happens when regulations go too far, when they seem to exist only for the purpose of justifying the existence of a regulator. It kills the people trying to start a business.”
— Marco Rubio
Business
“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
“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
“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
“I am privileged to be a citizen of the single greatest society in all of human history.”
— Marco Rubio
History
“We are special because we've been united not by a common race or ethnicity. We're bound together by common values. That family is the most important institution in society. That almighty God is the source of all we have.”
— Marco Rubio
Family
“We should be the pro-legal immigration party. A party that has a positive platform and agenda on how we can create a legal immigration system that works for immigrants and works for America.”
— Marco Rubio
Legal
“Hope and Change has become Divide and Conquer.”
— Marco Rubio
Change
“And so, whether they came here on the Mayflower, on a slave ship, or on an airplane from Havana, we are all descendants of the men and women who built here the nation that saved the world.”
— Marco Rubio
Women
“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
“Unfortunately, President Obama's failed policies of new regulations, higher taxes, and Obamacare and his anti-business rhetoric have hit Hispanics especially hard. Big government really hurts those who are trying to make it.”
— Marco Rubio
Government
“And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic policies of nations whose people who immigrate here from there.”
— Marco Rubio
Politics
“With unemployment still abysmally high, the Obama economy is crushing Hispanics' dreams for their children to live a better life.”
— Marco Rubio
Dreams