Quotes from Marco Rubio

The president we have today is a typical Washington politician that's prone to hyperbole and decisiveness and false outrage. And I think it's very sad - very sad to watch.

In 1980, I watched my first Republican convention with my grandfather.

You cannot give up on the American dream. We cannot allow our fears and our disappointments to lead us into silence and into inaction.

Our climate is always changing.

The free enterprise system does not leave people behind.

The world is a safer and better place that the United States is the strongest military power on earth. The stronger you are, the less likelihood you'll ever have to use it.

For most of history, almost everyone was poor. Power and wealth belonged to only a few.

If I were running to be somebody, there are a lot of easier sombodies to be. After all, running against the incumbent governor of your own party in your home state is not the next logical step in a political life.

One of the reasons people feel so alienated from the American political process is in the fights we get in here in Washington, no one's ever talking about them and the challenges they're going through.

Politically, foreign policy never matters until it matters, and then it matters a lot.

The way to turn our economy around is not by making rich people poorer, it's by making poor people richer.

If we want to save our country, we must all realize that the breakdown of our culture is trapping millions of people in a cycle of poverty and dependence, and together, we have to do something about it.

The Second Amendment is a constitutional right. I didn't make it up, the Republican Party didn't make it up. It's in the Constitution. I think it's just as important as any of the other rights in our constitution.

I'm not a game-show contestant, I'm a U.S. senator.

The more science learns, the more I'm convinced that God is real.

At its core, conservatism is not an anti-government movement, and it's not a no-government movement.

It's easier to sell cotton candy than it is to sell broccoli to somebody, but the broccoli is better for you, and the same thing with a limited government.

Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance.

To tackle the big and relevant issues of the day with bold and innovative ideas is without question the most rewarding way to serve.

I respect the rights of those who do not share my beliefs...but to teach my faith to my children...and to share it with anyone who will listen...that is my right too!

Conservatives aren't anti-immigrant - conservatives are pro-legal immigration.

We should be the pro-legal immigration party. A party that has a positive platform and agenda on how we can create a legal immigration system that works for immigrants and works for America.

...you're never going to have a legal immigration system that works if you grant amnesty.

So the majority of Americans are conservatives. They believe in things like the Constitution. I know that's weird to some people but they believe in it.