Marco Rubio Quotes

The government can't change the weather.

You know, now that I come to think of it, the blizzard may be the best thing to happen to the American economy in 12 months.

America is greatest country; but not our government.

I think future generations will look back at this history of our country and call us barbarians for murdering millions of babies who we never gave a chance to live.

A president cannot make decision on what someone might know in the future.

When you say I want to talk about racial justice, that's not the same as saying I want to do something about racial justice.

I am personally open - after all that has happened and after ten years in that probationary status where all they have is a permit, I personally am open to allowing people to apply for a green card.

ISIS have to be defeated. They have to be defeated militarily. How are we going to do that if we continue to weaken our military?

We have enshrined in our founding documents and promoted the fundamental truth, all around the world, that the rights of all men, women and children ,not simply Americans come from God.‎

Under this president, we have a government that has grown too big, too costly and now even more overbearing by forcing religious entities to abandon their beliefs.

I am not now, nor will I ever be, a candidate for offensive coordinator of Iowa.

When was the last time you heard news accounts of a boatload of American refugees arrive on the shores of another country?

I think it's a mistake to view North Korea as a government. It really is more like a criminal syndicate.

I love the people of Venezuela. I want that country to have freedom. I want it to have human rights and to be banned by a dictator like Nicolas Maduro is, to me, a badge of honor.

Americans believe with all their heart, the vast majority of them, and the vast majority of Floridians, that the United States of America is simply the single greatest nation in all of human history.

I believe that there are barriers, educational barriers, cultural barriers, societal barriers, that are keeping people from accessing the promise of a vibrant free enterprise economy.

Even when we are deeply divided over important issues facing our country and the world, "In God We Trust" for the guidance and wisdom to do what's both right and necessary for our Republic.

Faith greatly shaped America's role in the world. We are a country that embodies the Bible verse from Luke chapter 12, verse 48 "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded."

Mitt Romney will stop the attacks on job creators, encourage entrepreneurs to chase their dreams, and bring good jobs and a better future to all Americans.

Here we will solve with laws and dollars, problems that too many people around the world still must solve with violence and civil war.

You know what the fastest growing religion in America is? Statism. The growing reliance on 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.

You know those movies where the people in the audience are screaming, 'Don't go in that door!' because you know the killer is there? Well, it is the same thing with this debt. We know how this ends.

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.

I don't measure success by how many buildings have my name on it.

Are you aware that people who oppose Vladimir Putin wind up dead all over the world, poisoned, shot in the back of the head?

I intend to do all I can to both keep America safe, and keep America special.

In order to have middle-income, middle-paying jobs, the kinds of jobs that allow people to get ahead, you have to have higher level of training and skill acquisition and education than ever before.

It is hard for me to imagine retiring at 65 and spending the next quarter century not working. I expect to be working, doing something productive and fulfilling.

Big government helps the people who have made it. It doesn't help the people who are trying to make it; it crushes the people who are trying to make it.

I always tell people I'm running against two Democrats, one that admits it and one that does not.

The problem is that when government controls the economy, those who can influence government keep winning, and everybody else just stays the same.

The Democrats never fight about who is more like Jimmy Carter.

American Dream Is Under Assault. People that haven't been able to find a job in months and this growing sense in this country that this is the new normal, well we can't accept that.

Nothing matters if we aren't safe.

So the majority of Americans are conservatives. They believe in things like the Constitution. I know that's weird to some people but they believe in it.

I think there are many in the Democratic Party that want immigration to be unsolved issue at least for the time being, because it's more useful as a campaign issue than it is as a solved issue.

If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down. We either save this country or we do not.

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

For many of us who were born and raised in this country, including me, it's sometimes easy to forget how special America really is.

I'm proud of the fact that the Republican Party is the pro-life party on the issue of life.

A sense that with the blessings that God bestowed upon this land, came the responsibility to make the world a better place.

Let us agree here today to adopt among ourselves a simple and unwritten rule. We will not rise to criticize someone else's idea unless we are prepared to offer an alternative idea of our own.

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

Every generation in America has faced the same question, do we we want America to be special? Or do we just want America to be another country? The time has come again.

Free enterprise makes people prosperous, all people prosperous, and big government makes people poorer.

I respect the rights of those who do not share my beliefs...but to teach my faith to my children...and to share it with anyone who will listen...that is my right too!

Foreign aid is important. If it's done right, it spreads America's influence around the world in a positive way.

If there's somebody that I love that's in my life, I don't necessarily have to agree with their decisions or the decisions they've made to continue to love them and participate in important events.

...you're never going to have a legal immigration system that works if you grant amnesty.