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 22, 2025

Here's what the whole world knows. Forget about intelligence.

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Jun 22, 2025

We're prepared, right now, if they call right now and say, 'We want to meet, let's talk about this,' we're prepared to do that.

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Jun 22, 2025

So we'll defend our people, obviously.

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Jun 22, 2025

That would be a suicidal move on their part, because I think the whole world would come against them if they did that.

usatoday.com
Jun 22, 2025

We achieved our objectives. We had three objectives yesterday, Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. We conducted a brilliant military operation under the command of President Trump.

cbsnews.com
Jun 22, 2025

Yes, well, we will see what Iran decides to do. I think they should choose the route of peace.

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Jun 22, 2025

It would be, I think, a massive escalation that would merit a response, not just by us, but from others.

cnbc.com
Jun 22, 2025

It would hurt other countries' economies a lot worse than ours.

cnbc.com
Jun 22, 2025

If Iran was not a threat to the region, if the Iranian regime – because let me be clear, I'm talking about the Iranian people. If the regime was not a threat to the region, we wouldn't have to have any of these bases.

cbsnews.com
Jun 22, 2025

I encourage the Chinese government in Beijing to call them about that, because they heavily depend on the Straits of Hormuz for their oil.

cnbc.com
Jun 22, 2025

We have intelligence that they have everything they need to build a nuclear weapon.

huffpost.com
Jun 22, 2025

This wasn’t a regime-change move. This was designed to degrade and/or destroy three nuclear sites related to their nuclear weaponization ambitions.

thedailybeast.com

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