“I’m an optimist at heart.”

There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible. And not a one of them is as good.

We are the change we’re waiting for.

Today, the global warming alarmists are the equivalent of the flat-Earthers. It used to be [that] it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier.

I am perfectly happy to compromise and work with anybody. Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians. I’ll work with Martians. If – and the if is critical – they’re willing to cut spending and reduce the debt.

Donald [Trump] is a charming person. He can be fun. He can make you laugh. But he can turn on you. And get nasty and personal and vicious.

I’m not going to impugn anyone’s integrity. I’m not going to attack their character. And, in fact, I will happily praise both Donald Trump and Marco Rubio as men who I admire, as people who I’m not going to go personal with them.

Every candidate is going to come to you and say they are the most conservative person that ever lived.

In the 13 months I’ve been in the Senate, it has become apparent to me the single thing that Republican politicians hate and fear the most, and that is when they’re forced to tell the truth. It makes their heads explode.

My touchstone for every question is the Constitution.

Well, guess what, I’m Cuban! And no self-respecting Cuban man of the era would let his wife work.

ISIS and Iran have declared war on America, and we need a commander in chief who will do everything necessary to keep our children safe.

Social justice is group psychology, it’s group rights, it’s collectivisim, and it’s a negation of individual responsibility, which is what the Bible teaches. Individual responsibility. And of course, social justice leads very quickly to socialism, and ultimately to communism.

I’ve spent the past month in Washington D.C. and it is terrific to be back in America.

Start being biblically correct, instead of politically correct.

Donald [Trump]. I understand rules are very hard for you. They’re very confusing.

We deserve leaders who stand for principal, who unite us all behind shared values, who cast aside anger for love. That is the standard we should expect from everybody.