Marco Rubio

They are a strategic defense partner.

So I think that the Iranians are fundamentally misreading our political system.

The president has extraordinary powers. Every president does.

I think the Iranians misread our system.

But the cost of not doing something about it is substantially higher, especially for future generations.

It comes at a price and at a cost, there's no doubt about it.

If I lived in Havana and I was in the government, I would be concerned at least a little bit.

Jacob has been phenomenal. He came up with something called Pax Silica, and it’s an initiative that leads our efforts to partner with the private sector and invest in mining and refining and in processing as well as the end-use…

Why should I have people working in my building and in my office that I believe are not honestly covering my administration?

We believe this will be an opportunity for him to engage not just with Donald Trump but also with world leaders.

We've invited President Putin to the G20. We think it's an opportunity for him to engage not just with the president but with other world leaders. We hope that's an invitation he'll accept.

Today, I am announcing a new visa restriction policy under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

We think it’s an opportunity for him to engage not just with [Trump] but with other world leaders.

We’ve invited President Putin to the G20.

“Obviously this is a long-term project,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. “It’s not something that can happen in six months. But at least [this] gives people a hope. Here’s the future that awaits you if everyone does their part.”

I don’t know what standing Iran has to lecture anyone on human rights or the international system when they habitually violate it.

Both sides have expressed an interest in some limited ceasefire that involved grain and energy.

I think the fundamental challenge, and it's really at the core of what Iran needs to decide - do they want to be a country or do they want to be a revolution?

I think slaughtering 10,000 of your own people in protests is a violation of the U.N. - I hope it's a violation of the U.N. principles.

I watch a lot of American news coverage, and it sounds, in some cases, for example, like they’re rooting for Iran.

America needs to lead the world in AI, but we have to do it in a way that doesn’t harm our country.

A group like that can never have a nuclear weapon, and if we can achieve that outcome in a positive way, we’d love to do it.

Unfortunately, that’s been the tradition and the rule for the State Department, is that we don’t inject ourselves in domestic politics.

If we can’t use our base when we have a contingency, then what’s the point of having the base?