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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Feb 16, 2025

I want to reiterate the president made clear he wants to end this war, and if opportunities present themselves to further that, we're going to take them if they present themselves.

cbsnews.com
Feb 16, 2025

President Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin last week. And, in it, Vladimir Putin expressed his interest in peace.

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Feb 16, 2025

If it was up to us, every one of these hostages would be home right now, and we want it to happen as soon as possible.

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Feb 16, 2025

If it’s real negotiations — and we’re not there yet — but if that were to happen, Ukraine will have to be involved.

cnn.com
Feb 16, 2025

Ultimately, one phone call does not make peace. One phone call does not solve a war as complex as this one.

cnn.com
Feb 16, 2025

Ukraine and Europe would be part of any real negotiations.

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Feb 15, 2025

I think if anyone's angry about his words, they don't have to agree with him, but to be angry about it, I think actually makes his point.

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Feb 15, 2025

But suffice it to say that if it was up to us, every one of these hostages would be home right now.

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Feb 15, 2025

I think peace is not a noun. It's a verb. It's an action. You have to take concrete steps towards it.

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Feb 15, 2025

We applaud Lithuania's commitment to making both our countries more secure.

newsweek.com
Feb 15, 2025

Free speech was not used to conduct a genocide. The genocide was conducted by an authoritarian Nazi regime that happened to also be genocidal because they hated Jews, and they hated minorities.

thehill.com
Feb 15, 2025

I think the valid points he’s making to Europe is: We are concerned that the true values that we share, the values that bind us together with Europe, are things like free speech and democracy and our shared history in winning two world…

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Feb 15, 2025

I thought it was actually a pretty historic speech, whether you agree with him or not.

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Feb 15, 2025

The Munich Security Conference is largely a conference of democracies in which one of the things that we cherish and value is the ability to speak freely and provide your opinions.

thehill.com
Feb 15, 2025

Why would our allies or anybody be irritated by free speech and by someone giving their opinion?

thehill.com
Feb 15, 2025

We stand ready to follow the president's lead on this

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Feb 15, 2025

I think allies and friends and partners that have worked together now for 80 years should be able to speak frankly to one another in open forums without being offended.

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Feb 15, 2025

Iran was behind every terrorist group, behind every act of violence

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Feb 15, 2025

Iran remains the single greatest source of instability in the Middle East

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Feb 15, 2025

Behind every terrorist group... is Iran.

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Feb 15, 2025

I think President Trump will know very quickly whether to say, is this a real thing or whether this is an effort to buy time.

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Feb 15, 2025

I think the valid points he's making to Europe is, we are concerned that the true values that we share, the values that bind us together with Europe are things like free speech and democracy.

cbsnews.com
Feb 15, 2025

Peace is not a noun. It's a verb. It's an action. You have to take concrete steps towards it.

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