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 · 2009–20264,055 total · peak 2025 (881)
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Sep 26, 2025

The way it’s been handled in the past hasn’t worked. And boy, let me tell you something — you’re not seeing nearly as many boats right now as you were a couple weeks ago. So it has worked and will continue to work.

theintercept.com
Sep 19, 2025

The State Department had denied visas to people 'celebrating' Kirk’s death.

theintercept.com
Sep 17, 2025

Yet another coercive move to advance sweeping territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea at the expense of its neighbors.

cbsnews.com
Sep 14, 2025

The president was not happy about it.

nbcnews.com
Sep 14, 2025

Obviously we’re not happy about it.

nbcnews.com
Sep 10, 2025

Instead of interdicting it, on the president’s orders, we blew it up — and it’ll happen again.

theintercept.com
Sep 9, 2025

It’s a war. It’s a war on killers. It’s a war on terror.

theintercept.com
Sep 5, 2025

Directly engaged in efforts by the international criminal court to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute Israeli nationals, without Israel's consent.

commondreams.org
Sep 4, 2025

If you're on a boat full of cocaine or fentanyl or whatever, headed to the United States, you're an immediate threat to the United States.

cbsnews.com
Sep 4, 2025

The U.S. and Ecuador are aligned as key partners on ending illegal immigration and combatting transnational crime and terrorism.

cbsnews.com
Aug 29, 2025

Since January, we’ve saved the taxpayers tens of billions of dollars.

breitbart.com
Aug 29, 2025

I joked with @POTUS that I had four jobs. He told me to give one to my friend @RussVought47. So I did.

breitbart.com
Aug 28, 2025

I urge Iranian leaders to take the immediate steps necessary to ensure that their nation will never obtain a nuclear weapon; to walk the path of peace; and to, by extension, advance prosperity for the Iranian people.

cbsnews.com
Aug 28, 2025

Snapback does not contradict our earnest readiness for diplomacy, it only enhances it.

cbsnews.com
Aug 28, 2025

At the same time, the United States remains available for direct engagement with Iran — in furtherance of a peaceful, enduring resolution to the Iran nuclear issue.

cbsnews.com
Aug 22, 2025

The increasing number of foreign drivers operating large tractor-trailer trucks on U.S. roads is endangering American lives and undercutting the livelihoods of American truckers.

breitbart.com
Aug 22, 2025

Effective immediately, we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers.

breitbart.com
Aug 22, 2025

Second, we had outreach from multiple congressional offices asking questions about it, and so we’re going to re-evaluate how those visas are being granted.

newrepublic.com
Aug 21, 2025

First of all, it’s not just kids. It’s a bunch of adults that are accompanying them. Second, we had outreach from multiple congressional offices asking questions about it, and so we’re going to re-evaluate how those visas are being granted.

msnbc.com
Aug 18, 2025

They’re not coming here to keep Zelensky from getting bullied. They are coming here tomorrow because we’ve been working with the Europeans … We invited them to come.

newrepublic.com
Aug 18, 2025

I'm not saying they're going to leave that room with a peace deal, but I think the fact that people are now talking to each other: This wasn't happening for three and a half years.

cbsnews.com
Aug 17, 2025

In order to have a deal here to end – to reach the end of this conflict, both sides are going to have to make concessions. That's just a fact.

cbsnews.com

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