My father was a bartender. And the journey from the back of that bar to the [election 2016], to me, that is the essence of the American dream.
MARCO RUBIOHow is Hillary Clinton going to lecture me about living paycheck to paycheck? I was raised paycheck to paycheck.
More Marco Rubio Quotes
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We can’t win – if we nominate someone – if we nominate someone that half of the Republican Party hates, we’re going to be fighting against each other all the way to November [of 2016]. We will never win that way.
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I owe a debt to America that I will never be able to repay.
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Donald Trump says five things: everyone’s dumb, he’s going to make America great again, we’re going to win, win, win. He’s winning in the polls.
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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.
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First, the federal government, one of the fundamental responsibilities that it has is to protect the nation’s health and wellbeing. And this [Zika virus] is a threat to public health in the United States. It is a very serious disease.
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American nation was not founded on political principles. This nation was founded on spiritual principles.
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Well, the most important thing a president will be is commander-in-chief. And that requires having an understanding of the complex issues on foreign policy. Foreign policy presents us often with hard choices, not black or white choices.
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I want immigration reform to pass, I want people to be able to come out of the shadows.
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To tackle the big and relevant issues of the day with bold and innovative ideas is without question the most rewarding way to serve.
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Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance.
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You cannot do anything without God.It’s a profound and elemental truth. Not, you cannot do most things without God. You will not be able to do anything that you want, truly, in fulfillment, without God.
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My Dad used to tell us: ‘En este pais, ustedes van a poder lograr todas las cosas que nosotros no pudimos’ ‘In this country, you will be able to accomplish all the things we never could.’
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Presidents in both parties – from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan – have known that our free-enterprise economy is the source of our middle-class prosperity.
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When you’re the commander in chief, you’re the commander in chief on day one. You don’t get like a six-month grace period.
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Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for.
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