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.
MARCO RUBIOAround the world, America’s influence has declined while this president [Barack Obama] has destroyed our military, our allies no longer trust us, and our adversaries no longer respect us.
More Marco Rubio Quotes
-
-
I could be anything I wanted because I was an American. And I hope that that’s really what’s propelled me into public service.
MARCO RUBIO -
Donald Trump is not going to be the nominee, because we are not going to allow – people will wake up and we’re not going to allow a con artist to take over the party of [Abraham] Lincoln and [Ronald] Reagan.
MARCO RUBIO -
Government’s role in society is to protect these rights and ensure that we are safe from religious persecution and discrimination.
MARCO RUBIO -
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.
MARCO RUBIO -
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.
MARCO RUBIO -
70% of children born into poverty will never make it to the middle class. The uncomfortable truth is that there are now a number of other countries with as much or more opportunity than ours. In fact, more people in Canada go on to surpass the income of their parents than in the United States.
MARCO RUBIO -
I think that the government of [Nicolas] Maduro has argued to stage a coup in Venezuela, that this is obviously a coup against the country’s democratic institutions.
MARCO RUBIO -
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options.
MARCO RUBIO -
Our problem with President Obama isn’t that he’s a bad person. By all accounts, he too is a good husband, and a good father – and thanks to lots of practice, a pretty good golfer.
MARCO RUBIO -
Government doesn’t have to be the enemy, but too much government has produced a new kind of inequality in America: opportunity inequality.
MARCO RUBIO -
Conservatism has always been about reforming government and solving problems, and that’s why the conservative movement should lead on immigration reform.
MARCO RUBIO -
If we capture any of these ISIS killers alive, they are going to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and we’re going to find out everything they know, because when I’m president, unlike Barack Obama, we will keep this country safe.
MARCO RUBIO -
I’m not going to change who I am. I’m not going to change why I’m running… I’m running for president [in 2016], and I’m running because we can’t afford another four years like the last eight years.
MARCO RUBIO -
I am but a generation removed from poverty and despair. Where would I be today if there had never been an America?
MARCO RUBIO -
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.’
MARCO RUBIO