Marco Rubio
Our national motto is 'In God we Trust,' reminding us that faith in our Creator is the most important American value of all.Collection: Patriotism
One way to make health care more affordable is a Flexible Savings Account that allows families to save tax free money to pay for medical bills.Collection: Medical
The loans I took out for my undergraduate degree were manageable. But my legal education was more expensive, and I paid for it almost entirely through public and private loans.Collection: Legal
The American Dream is a term that is often used but also often misunderstood. It isn't really about becoming rich or famous. It is about things much simpler and more fundamental than that.Collection: Famous
The science is settled; it's not even a consensus, it is a unanimity that human life begins at conception.Collection: Science
We have a legal immigration system that's outdated, it's primarily based on whether you have family members living here.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.Collection: Legal
It's impossible to walk a block in Miami, in Los Angeles, San Antonio without running into someone who is being deeply impacted by a broken legal immigration system.Collection: Legal
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.Collection: Legal
Amnesty is the forgiveness of something. Amnesty is anything that says, 'Do it illegally, it will be cheaper and easier.'Collection: Forgiveness
We've never been people that go around and confront people that have been financially successful and say, 'We hate you. We envy you because of how well you're doing.'Collection: Finance
Exile is not a time frame. Exile is an experience. It's a sentiment.Collection: Experience
You cannot grant amnesty. If the American people see us granting amnesty they will never again believe in legal immigration. They will never again support it, and that's wrong for our country, bad for our future.Collection: Legal
We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity.Collection: Leadership
You know that big government doesn't hurt big corporations. They've got the best lawyers and accountants in the world. You know who gets destroyed by big government? It's the little guys.Collection: Government
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.Collection: Sad
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.Collection: Government
Leadership can not be measured in a poll or even in the result of an election. It can only be truly seen with the benefit of time. From the perspective of 20 years, not 20 days.Collection: Leadership
America is not perfect. It took a bloody civil war to free over 4 million African Americans who lived enslaved. It took another hundred years after that before they achieved full equality under the law.Collection: Equality
We don't need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system. And then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to pay down the debt and never grow it again.Collection: Government
All presidents get frustrated with Congress.
My question becomes, 'If we want to empower people with higher pay, there are probably better ways to do it that are more enduring than simply a federal mandate on wage level.'
I believe that if you want to be president of the United States, you run for president. You don't run for president with some eject button in the cockpit that allows you to go on an exit ramp if it doesn't work out.
Our climate is always changing.
I thought the best way to topple Assad was not through airstrikes, but through equipping the moderate rebel elements.
I think the age of the universe has zero to do with how our economy is going to grow.
I think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says.
Whether the earth was created in seven days or seven actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries.
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.
I've always viewed politics the following way: if you do a good job at the job you're doing, you'll have opportunities to do other things in the future. Maybe things you never envisioned.
I'm not a game-show contestant, I'm a U.S. senator.
At its core, conservatism is not an anti-government movement, and it's not a no-government movement.
The conservative movement is about government playing its important yet limited role, and about not falling into the trap of believing that every problem has an exclusive government answer for it.
If you're the cashier at Burger King, of course you make less than the manager or even the CEO. The issue is whether you're stuck being a cashier for the rest of your life.
There are millions of women who are trapped in lower-paying jobs and don't have the skills for a higher-paying job, and don't have the money or the time to access the higher education that they need for a better job.
The Dream Act as it's been written originally is too broad, to be honest. It basically would apply to too many people.
I support people making more than $9. I want people to make as much as they can.
Minimum wage laws have never worked in terms of having the middle class attain more prosperity.
Che Guevara was a racist.
The breakdown of the American family's having a disastrous impact on our economy.
The vast majority of a significant portion of Americans of Hispanic descent will vote - happen to be working class people who are desperate to not only achieve the American dream but leave their kids better off than themselves.
God has blessed me with the opportunity to be an American son.
The more science learns, the more I'm convinced that God is real.
For most of my life, I've been in a hurry.
I am troubled that sometimes in our political discourse we spend all of our time focused on the challenges of the next century rather than on the opportunities of the new century.
There's a lot of work to be done if you're going to run for president or if you're going to run for re-election in a state as big as Florida.
I'm a big believer in family-based immigration.
The immigration issue is a gateway issue for Hispanics, no doubt about it.
There is a majority of scientists that say that global carbon emissions by humans causes some changes in the climate.
I have never voted for a tax increase.
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.