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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Feb 27, 2025

The people of #Ukraine are tough people who will NEVER accept being ruled by #Putin.

msnbc.com
Feb 27, 2025

Thank you @POTUS for standing up for America in a way that no President has ever had the courage to do before.

msnbc.com
Feb 26, 2025

This is not a joke. This is not about acquiring land for the purpose of acquiring land.

thenation.com
Feb 26, 2025

We have a long-standing position on Taiwan that we're not going to abandon, and that is: We are against any forced, compelled, coercive change in the status of Taiwan.

newsweek.com
Feb 25, 2025

As of this morning, that process has been completed for USAID and State Department.

nbcnews.com
Feb 25, 2025

This expanded policy applies to current or former Cuban government officials, and other individuals, including foreign government officials, who are believed to be responsible for, or involved in, the Cuban labor export program…

commondreams.org
Feb 25, 2025

It was not meant as a hostile move. It was meant as a very generous move.

newsweek.com
Feb 25, 2025

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has now made a final decision with respect to each award, on an individualized basis, affirmatively electing to either retain the award or terminate it.

nbcnews.com
Feb 23, 2025

President Trump isn't going to take that. He's not going to get gamed.

newsweek.com
Feb 23, 2025

When you see [Zelensky] accusing [President Trump] of disinformation, that's highly counterproductive.

newsweek.com
Feb 21, 2025

Vladimir Putin is an authoritarian thug who is accountable to no one. … I don’t think what Vladimir Putin exhibits is leadership: I think what he exhibits is thuggery … and we should be clear-eyed about that.

alternet.org
Feb 21, 2025

A test of whether the Kremlin was serious about making a deal

slate.com
Feb 21, 2025

This is the moment to commit to ending the war. This is our opportunity to build real momentum toward peace.

cbsnews.com
Feb 21, 2025

South Africa was 'using G20 to promote 'solidarity, equality, & sustainability.' In other words: DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion] and climate change

bbc.com
Feb 19, 2025

Focus should be on eliminating political and cultural causes that are divisive at home and deeply unpopular abroad.

newsweek.com
Feb 19, 2025

My job is to advance America's national interests, not waste taxpayer money or coddle anti-Americanism.

bbc.com
Feb 19, 2025

South Africa is doing very bad things.

bbc.com
Feb 19, 2025

I would not coddle anti-Americanism.

bbc.com
Feb 18, 2025

I share the Philippines’ concern about China’s dangerous and destabilizing actions in the South China Sea.

nbcnews.com
Feb 18, 2025

It could open incredible opportunities to partner with the Russians.

apnews.com
Feb 18, 2025

To bring an end to any conflict, there has to be concessions made by all sides.

apnews.com
Feb 18, 2025

No one is being sidelined here.

apnews.com
Feb 18, 2025

Bringing an end to the conflict cannot happen unless we have at least some normalcy in the way our diplomatic missions operate.

apnews.com
Feb 18, 2025

I’m not going to negotiate or talk through every element of the disruptions that exist or have existed in our diplomatic relations.

apnews.com
Feb 18, 2025

There was enough evidence to change the definition of the groups.

newsweek.com

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