Quotes from Francis X. Suarez

The problem is, the Cuban government wants it both ways. They want to be able to blame the United States for their failed system of government, and then when remittances are sent over by Miamians... they take the dollars, they turn them into a worthless currency, and then they force Cubans to pay for things in their stores, in dollars.

The one constant in politics is change and things that are happening today are not happening tomorrow.

I'm a very impatient person.

Cities like Miami, we're trying to attract tech town. It's part of a larger play if you will to position Miami as one of the most tech-forward cities in the country.

I not only have to take care of each and every one of the residents of the city of Miami, but I also have to think about all the cities in America and how do we create prosperity for all those cities.

I've never been shy about big ideas.

Listen, you never can do anything innovative, you can never do anything special if you always find a way to doubt yourself out of it.

An effective mass transit system that equitably services every resident in Miami is something that would transform the way people here commute.

All the Cuban government wants to do - and all it's demonstrated to the world - is that they want a repressive, authoritarian control; a Communist dictatorship to continue in the island. So anything that we do to try to help the island ultimately becomes fuel for them to repress their citizens.

We need for people to understand that... yes, we want you to hold bitcoin but we also want to increase the utility of bitcoin.

We're going to be the first city in America to give a Bitcoin yield as a dividend directly to its residents.

We're going to create digital wallets for our residents, and we're going to give them Bitcoin directly from the yield of MiamiCoin.

It doesn't surprise me at all that a Treasury secretary would find a decentralized potential currency... to be hostile to a currency that they control.

I've known my dad my whole life, and my dad is probably one of the most intellectually sober and smart people that I've ever encountered. So to have somebody manipulate and mischaracterize him - it was sort of a harsh lesson in politics.

I'll say this, the mayoral position - because of COVID, because of the 24-hour news cycle, because of social media - it's been elevated.

Certainly, getting involved in politics and being a part of the solution to creating a great city, the opposite of what we had in Cuba, was a big part of our identity.

I realized that there are two choices in life: one can be part of the solution or one can complain about the things they don't like.

As a mayor, I've learned that people look to their elected leaders for practical solutions, not partisan ones. They expect results, not political treatises.

I love people and I love problem solving.

I've always felt that Miami is part of my DNA.

Miami has always been a city of booms and busts.

I educated myself and came back to Miami after law school, got married, and started a business.

We have attracted major exchanges like Blockchain.com and Etoro to have headquarters in Miami.

Miami will benefit from the use of the MiamiCoin and from the branding that is associated with it. And that will go directly into our general fund.