Political Quotes

Marco Rubio

The Public Record

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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Mar 7, 2026

He knew you'd understand. He's very excited about this initiative.

usatoday.com
Feb 17, 2026

Especially as long as you’re the prime minister and the leader of this country, it’s in our national interest that Hungary be successful.

theguardian.com
Feb 17, 2026

If you face financial struggles, if you face things that are impediments to growth, if you face things that threaten the stability of your country, I know that President Trump will be very interested … to finding ways to provide assistance…

theguardian.com
Jan 10, 2026

Elections in Venezuela are premature at this point.

nbcnews.com
Jan 10, 2026

Unfortunately, the vast majority of the opposition is no longer present inside of Venezuela.

nbcnews.com
Jan 10, 2026

If I lived in Havana and I were in the government, I’d be concerned, at least a little bit.

nbcnews.com
Jan 10, 2026

Don’t play games while this president’s in office because it’s not gonna turn out well

nbcnews.com
Jan 10, 2026

We don't want [Venezuela] descending into chaos.

abcnews.go.com
Jan 10, 2026

They understand that the only way they can move oil and generate revenue and not have economic collapse is if they cooperate and work with the United States.

abcnews.go.com
Jan 10, 2026

There has to be a little realism here.

cnn.com
Jan 10, 2026

We want drug trafficking to stop. We want no more gang members to come our way.

cnn.com
Jan 10, 2026

These ships, if they weren’t in the Caribbean, they’d be somewhere else conducting activity.

cnn.com
Jan 10, 2026

This is tremendous leverage. We are exercising it in a positive way.

cnn.com
Jan 10, 2026

Understand they are not generating any revenue from their oil right now.

cnn.com
Jan 4, 2026

What we do have an expectation is that – that it move in that direction.

cbsnews.com
Jan 4, 2026

We arrested a narcotrafficker who's now going to stand trial in the United States for the crimes he's committed against our people for 15 years.

cbsnews.com
Jan 4, 2026

These things take time. There's a process.

cbsnews.com
Jan 4, 2026

That's not an easy mission. And you're asking me, why didn't we do that in five other places at the same time?

cbsnews.com
Jan 4, 2026

We want to see all of that happen. We insist on seeing that happen.

cbsnews.com
Jan 4, 2026

We are going to judge everything by what they do, and we're going to see what they do.

cbsnews.com
Jan 4, 2026

In the 21st Century, under the Trump administration… we are not going to have a country like Venezuela in our own hemisphere.

cbsnews.com
Jan 4, 2026

That's just not going to exist.

cbsnews.com
Jan 4, 2026

The people don't benefit from it.

cbsnews.com
Jan 4, 2026

We are not going to have a country like Venezuela in our own hemisphere in the sphere of control and the crossroads for Hezbollah, for Iran and for every other malign influence in the country.

cbsnews.com

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