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 · 2009–20264,055 total · peak 2025 (881)
2009: 1 quote2010: 8 quotes2011: 184 quotes2012: 114 quotes2013: 225 quotes2014: 202 quotes2015: 301 quotes2016: 412 quotes2017: 402 quotes2018: 235 quotes2019: 43 quotes2020: 24 quotes2021: 124 quotes2022: 176 quotes2023: 135 quotes2024: 59 quotes2025: 881 quotes2026: 529 quotes
Apr 22, 2025

'a platform for left-wing activists to wage vendettas against ‘anti-woke’ leaders'

msnbc.com
Apr 22, 2025

The State Department as 'beholden to radical political ideology'

msnbc.com
Apr 22, 2025

This is not our war. We didn’t start this war.

nbcnews.com
Apr 22, 2025

If at some point we determine that if we’re just too far apart and not enough movement is happening, we may need to move on to other priorities, because there are a lot of important things happening in the world.

nbcnews.com
Apr 22, 2025

I look forward to following up after the ongoing discussions in London and rescheduling my trip to the U.K. in the coming months.

cbsnews.com
Apr 21, 2025

His presence threatens U.S. policy to combat anti-Semitism around the world and in the United States, in addition to efforts to protect Jewish students from harassment and violence in the United States.

cbsnews.com
Apr 21, 2025

Khalil’s beliefs, statements, or associations are the basis for his deportation.

msnbc.com
Apr 21, 2025

Region-specific functions will be consolidated to increase functionality, redundant offices will be removed.

cbsnews.com
Apr 21, 2025

This approach will empower the Department from the ground up, from the bureaus to the embassies.

cbsnews.com
Apr 21, 2025

But far from seeing a return on investment, taxpayers have seen less effective and efficient diplomacy.

cbsnews.com
Apr 21, 2025

Over the past 15 years, the department's footprint has had unprecedented growth and costs have soared.

cbsnews.com
Apr 21, 2025

The State Department in its current form is bloated, bureaucratic, and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission in this new era of great power competition.

cbsnews.com
Apr 21, 2025

The State Department had become bloated, bureaucratic and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission.

nbcnews.com
Apr 21, 2025

We cannot win the battle for the 21st century with bloated bureaucracy that stifles innovation and misallocates scarce resources.

nbcnews.com
Apr 21, 2025

We’re not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end.

nbcnews.com
Apr 21, 2025

Visiting America is a privilege.

msnbc.com
Apr 18, 2025

We need to figure out here now, within a matter of days, whether this is doable in the short term, because if it’s not, then I think we’re just going to move on.

nbcnews.com
Apr 17, 2025

President Donald Trump feels very strongly about that.

nbcnews.com
Apr 17, 2025

We’re not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end.

nbcnews.com
Apr 16, 2025

Visiting America is not an entitlement. It is a privilege extended to those who respect our laws and values.

msnbc.com
Apr 15, 2025

He would create a hostile environment for Jewish students in the United States.

slate.com
Apr 14, 2025

Rubio credited Bukele’s leadership as crucial in improving the security of his country for foreign travelers.

motherjones.com
Apr 13, 2025

I don't understand what the confusion is. This individual is a citizen of El Salvador. He was illegally in the United States and was returned to his country.

commondreams.org
Apr 8, 2025

If you’re not coming to the United States to join a Hamas protest, or to come here and tell us about how right Hamas is, or … stir up conflict on our campuses and create riots in our streets and vandalize our universities, then you have…

cnn.com
Apr 7, 2025

We now have an opportunity to reset the global order of trade.

vox.com

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