Quotes from Marco Rubio

There's no doubt that when the Republican Party took over in 1994, the 'Contract with America' was an opportunity to implement some things - like welfare reform and some of the other initiatives. Then, it kind of lost its steam.

We can't stop talking about the importance of our values and our culture. We can't stop talking about them because the moral well-being of our people is directly linked to their economic well-being.

People forget how dominant Public Enemy became in the mid '80s. No one talks about how transformative they were. And then that led to the '90s and the sort of East Coast v. West Coast stuff, which is kinda when I came of age.

There's a great documentary on Tupac called 'Resurrection' about the last few years of Tupac's life and how he transformed. And, ironically, how this East Coast rapper became this West Coast icon, back when all that Death Row/Sean Combs stuff was going on.

All presidents get frustrated with Congress.

People have a right to be a Democrat. People have a right to be wrong. I know they're the same thing.

I always tell people I'm running against two Democrats, one that admits it and one that does not.

Every single one of us is the descendant of a go-getter. Of dreamers and of believers.

If someone knows of a job creator anywhere in the world that's looking for a high, complex tax environment or looking for a high regulatory environment, I would like to meet them because I have yet to meet a job creator that's looking for that, and that's what we have.

We need to even out the tax code for small businesses so that we lower their tax rate to 25 percent, just as we need to lower it for all businesses.

Of course there are critics who believe that no matter what we do, the Florida dream is over. They claim that we must accept the idea that inevitably our future is one of high taxes and big government.

Let's stop talking about new taxes and start talking about creating new taxpayers, which basically means jobs.

From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history.

I think there is a real misunderstanding about what the Tea Party movement is. The Tea Party movement is a sentiment in America that government is broken - both parties are to blame - and if we don't do something soon, this exceptional country will be lost, and it will become just like everybody else.

I don't ever remember them telling us or teaching us that the only way we could be more successful is if other people were less successful. They never inculcated the belief that somehow, in order for us to climb the ladder, other people have to come down from the ladder.

America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society.

We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity.

The most important institution in society is the family. If the family breaks down, society breaks down.

All human life at every stage of its development is worthy of protection.

We have a legal immigration system that's outdated, it's primarily based on whether you have family members living here. In the 21st century, it has to be more of a merit-based system, and that is why our legal immigration system is in need of modernization.

If you know the only way to lose your seat is to get out-conservatived in a primary, you'll never let anyone get to your right.

People end up fleeing countries who adopt economic policies based on these flawed principles. And more often than not, they come here.

I think the best thing that can happen to the Republican Party is that it is identified as a party organized around a set of principles, ideals and ideas for our future.

The private sector doesn't sit around and say - 'Well, since the president said we should do this, we should do it.'