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.
MARCO RUBIOOur 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.
MARCO RUBIOWelders make more money than philosophers. We need more welders and less philosophers.
MARCO RUBIOMy 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 RUBIOFirst, 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.
MARCO RUBIODo 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 RUBIOIf 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 RUBIOAny time you can degrade or take away the top leadership of an organization, it’s a positive step forward.
MARCO RUBIODonald 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.
MARCO RUBIOWe don’t need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system.
MARCO RUBIOI think God has blessed us. He has blessed the Republican Party with some very good candidates. The Democrats can’t even find one.
MARCO RUBIOEvery nation on the Earth that embraces market economics and the free enterprise system is pulling millions of its people out of poverty. The free enterprise system creates prosperity, not denies it.
MARCO RUBIOTo help people emerge from the poverty, you have to understand, what are the structural causes of it? And the structural causes are partially cultural.
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.
MARCO RUBIOThe government can’t change the weather.
MARCO RUBIOThe most important institution in society is the family. If the family breaks down, society breaks down.
MARCO RUBIOThe most important thing of all is my parents were able to leave all four of their children better off than themselves. That story has a name, it’s called the American dream.
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