Political Quotes

Marco Rubio

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U.S. Secretary of State in the Trump administration; formerly U.S. Senator from Florida.

Quotes by year · 2009–20264,269 total · peak 2025 (884)
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Aug 12, 2026

The President will not stop until all unjustly detained Americans are home.

bbc.co.uk
Aug 12, 2026

While we appreciate this positive step, we are still seeking the immediate return of all other unjustly detained Americans.

npr.org
Aug 11, 2026

A U.S. visa is a privilege, not a right.

state.gov
Aug 9, 2026

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has portrayed cost-cutting measures as necessary to right-size an organization many conservatives see as bloated and overly bureaucratic.

globalnews.ca
Aug 9, 2026

And so, thank you, Mr. President, for prioritizing this, and I think we all look forward to working not just nationally but with our allies around the world to ensure that we have supply chains that are diversified and reliable and no…

state.gov
Aug 9, 2026

There’s still a lot of work left to do, but we at the State Department are willing to utilize our unmatched global presence, our presence all over the world, to ensure that we’re working on this.

state.gov
Aug 9, 2026

At that meeting, we signed 11 new critical minerals agreements with countries, adding to the ones that already existed.

state.gov
Aug 9, 2026

This has been going on for 25 years. We’ve been walking away from the importance of this, and now we’re trying to make up for 25 or 30 years of mistakes under your presidency.

state.gov
Aug 8, 2026

State Department officials had been instructed to deny visas to members of Far-Left Terrorist and other aligned groups who have supported or incited acts of terrorism; supported violent criminal activity; participated in economic sabotage…

theintercept.com
Aug 8, 2026

The message is to the public at large and particularly to anybody who would disagree with the government’s policies that they should tread carefully, lest they be considered a member or aligned with what the government considers to be a…

theintercept.com
Aug 8, 2026

At the core of this is our industrial strength. But also our national sovereignty — that we never depend on other countries for things we need to prosper and to defend ourselves as a people.

sourcenm.com
Aug 8, 2026

We’re committed to working with industry, with universities, with all the elements of our national power to bring this about.

state.gov
Aug 8, 2026

We also, under the leadership of someone who needs to be recognized, our Under Secretary Jacob Helberg – I don’t know if Jacob is here, but Jacob has been phenomenal.

state.gov
Aug 8, 2026

We appreciate your presidency valuing this when other presidents did not.

state.gov
Aug 7, 2026

Cost-cutting measures are necessary to right-size an organization many conservatives see as bloated and overly bureaucratic.

globalnews.ca
Aug 7, 2026

There is a real migratory crisis, and even in this particular case, not just Springfield, Charleroi, other places like that.

cbsnews.com
Aug 7, 2026

If you see something out there, a video that just seems way too scandalous, I would pause for a second and make sure that it can be verified.

cbsnews.com
Aug 7, 2026

There's a big deal, which is the one that has to do with their nuclear ambitions. They can never have a nuclear weapon. So the denuclearization of Iran is the ultimate deal.

cbsnews.com
Aug 6, 2026

Suffice it to say there's been progress made in those talks but not finality yet.

cbsnews.com
Aug 6, 2026

The United States is hunting down, dismantling, and destroying Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación.

cbsnews.com
Aug 5, 2026

The denuclearization of Iran is the ultimate deal.

cbsnews.com
Aug 5, 2026

There's been progress made in those talks but not finality yet.

cbsnews.com
Aug 5, 2026

We're hoping that will happen very shortly.

cbsnews.com
Aug 4, 2026

We’re in a frankly pretty deep valley right now with this new campaign that Secretary Rubio announced.

vox.com

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