I want people to make a lot more than $9. $9 is not enough. The problem is that if you can’t do that by mandating it in the minimum wage laws. Minimum wage laws never worked in terms of helping the middle class attain more prosperity.
MARCO RUBIOWhat is the conservative movement? It’s pretty straightforward. We believe that the way prosperity is created is when people have the freedom and the opportunity to pursue their dreams.
More Marco Rubio Quotes
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Do not be afraid to offer ideas that draw opposition. Remember, if no one is against your idea, then your idea probably doesn’t do anything.
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Florida is not going to vote for a con artist like Donald Trump.
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I don’t really like labels in politics, but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism.
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The most important institution in society is the family. If the family breaks down, society breaks down.
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I would say to you that Americans of Hispanic descent want desperately to give their children the chances they never had.
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Our national motto is ‘In God we Trust,’ reminding us that faith in our Creator is the most important American value of all.
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The world doesn’t just stop and say, well, let’s wait until the president catches up before we start challenging America.
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All human life at every stage of its development is worthy of protection.
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ISIS are actively recruiting Americans. The attacker in San Bernardino was an American citizen, born and raised in this country. He was a health inspector; had a newborn child and left all that behind to kill 14 people.
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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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Donald Trump is never going to be the nominee. So, I’m not worried about a hypothetical that’s never going to happen.
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Donald Trump is not a Republican. Donald Trump is not a conservative. Donald Trump is trying to pull off the biggest scam in American political history, basically a con job, where he’s trying to take over the Republican Party by telling people he’s someone who he is not.
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Once again, America finds itself with some leaders who believe we can ignore the world without consequences here at home. Apparently they’re oblivious to the reality that we are less insulated from global events than ever before.
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The No. 1 issue in the Hispanic American community is ‘How do I leave my children better off than myself?
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America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society.
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We need American foreign policy that tells the world very clearly that it is bad to be our enemy and good to be our friend.
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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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Our status as a land of equal opportunity has made us a rich and powerful nation, but it has also transformed lives. It has given people like me the chance to grow up knowing that no dream was too big and no goal out of reach.
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I am prepared to discuss the things that I believe we need to do not just to raise the debt limit. Raising the debt limit is the easiest thing. That’s one vote away. The hard thing is to show the world we are serious about putting our spending in order so we can show people we’ll able to pay our bills down the road.
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What is the conservative movement? It’s pretty straightforward. We believe that the way prosperity is created is when people have the freedom and the opportunity to pursue their dreams.
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Today you have millions of Americans that feel left out and out of place in their own country, struggling to live paycheck to paycheck, called bigots because they hold on to traditional values.
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[Donald Trump twitts] “Lightweight Marco Rubio was working hard last night.” This is true. “The problem is he’s chalker and once a chalker, always a choker,” I guess that’s what he meant to say. He spelled choker, c-h-o-k-e-r.
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I am but a generation removed from poverty and despair. Where would I be today if there had never been an America?
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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.
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Conservatism has always been about reforming government and solving problems, and that’s why the conservative movement should lead on immigration reform.
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I think God has blessed us. He has blessed the Republican Party with some very good candidates. The Democrats can’t even find one.
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