Political Quotes

Marco Rubio

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

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Jun 6, 2012

People who all they want basically is for their country to have freedom and self-determination.

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Jun 6, 2012

The tactics that this administration has pursued are naive.

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Jun 6, 2012

The Cuban people are no less deserving of America's support than the millions who were imprisoned and forgotten in Soviet gulags.

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Jun 6, 2012

We see the highest amount of repression, as has been said by those within Cuba, in five decades

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Jun 6, 2012

If you are involved in beating people, if you are involved in jailing people in Cuba, if the government is using you, whether it is here in the United States as part of the Interests Section or in Cuba, in abusing human rights, your name…

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Jun 6, 2012

I hope one of the things we will be able to talk about today and over the next few months are some new tactics.

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Jun 6, 2012

As long as we have a voice in the United States Senate, that voice will be for the freedom of the Cuban people.

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Jun 6, 2012

It is not time to forget. We can never forget those who have suffered and died at the hands of dictators.

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Jun 6, 2012

Why is there such an obvious double standard when it comes to Cuba?

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Jun 6, 2012

The repression, the imprisonment, the beatings, the torture still continues.

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Jun 6, 2012

Because you are part of a system that cannot survive and that long after those leaders are gone, you are going to be left behind picking up the pieces of what you are doing right now.

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Jun 6, 2012

The people of Cuba have freedom, the freedom to choose any economic model they want, but the freedom to choose their leader so they can have any economic model they want.

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Jun 6, 2012

The same government that denied them the tourist visa gave one to Mariela Castro so she could come to the United States and justify the fact that they are holding an American hostage.

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Jun 6, 2012

I don't understand how three little children, three orphaned children who want to visit their grandfather in the United States are somehow deemed--or denied a tourist visa.

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Jun 6, 2012

We are essentially bankrolling the regime and stashing its hard currency abroad

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Jun 5, 2012

This bill recognizes the sacrifices made over a 20- or 30-year military career to retirees and seeks to limit the proposed changes in TRICARE.

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Jun 5, 2012

FRA supports Senators Frank R. Lautenberg and Marco Rubio's bill, the Military Health Care Protection Act.

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Jun 5, 2012

AUSN supports legislation to protect the armed service retirees from proposed increases to their TRICARE coverage, such as S. 3203, the Military Health Care Protection Act of 2012, which was introduced bipartisanly by Senators Frank R…

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May 29, 2012

One of the mistakes we make, we view it through the lens of the next election. And I think this has to be longer term commitment than that.

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May 29, 2012

I believe that Arizona and states like Arizona have a constitutional right to do what they did.

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May 29, 2012

One of the mistakes we make is we view it through the lens of the next election. And I think this has to be a longer-term commitment than that.

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May 29, 2012

Barack Obama is a reality. And for millions of Americans today, life is worse than it was three years ago because he doesn't know what he's doing.

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May 15, 2012

I think you were talking then about the International Telecommunication Union, the ITU process.

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May 15, 2012

It's really of utmost importance that the United States cultivate allies throughout the world.

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May 15, 2012

Any place that bans certain terms from search should not be a leader in the international Internet regulatory framework.

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