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 · 2009–20264,269 total · peak 2025 (884)
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Oct 19, 2026

Our goal there is to end this war. That’s what we want to do.

state.gov
Oct 19, 2026

We want to do more. This is not the end. This is the beginning.

state.gov
Oct 19, 2026

We just want fair competition and an opportunity.

state.gov
Oct 19, 2026

What we want to accomplish at this meeting this week will put our countries further down the path of long-term prosperity and security.

state.gov
Oct 19, 2026

We want to see this region continue to thrive into the 21st century as a hub of commercial diplomacy, because it is in our interest – because it is our interest from both an economic standpoint and from a security standpoint as well.

state.gov
Oct 19, 2026

We view the – the United States views the relationship between Uzbekistan and Central Asia as paramount to our national security and to our economic prosperity.

state.gov
Oct 19, 2026

If it happened last night, I don’t know exactly. I know a few nights ago there was a software problem involving their early warning system.

theguardian.com
Oct 19, 2026

I don’t know where he’s getting these things or why he’s saying these things to the press. You should go back and ask him. There’s been no pause.

theguardian.com
Oct 18, 2026

The diesel that Putin was going to sell, they were (going to) make it available to the global market one way or the other. The only difference is how much of it the United States was going to get.

dawn.com
Oct 18, 2026

These conflicts around the world are starting to crash into each other, and they’re having an impact not just on global oil and diesel prices but on economies as well.

dawn.com
Oct 18, 2026

The president wants to take the 60-day period of time to sort of analyse what imposing both sanctions and tariffs will mean to the global economy and even to the US economy.

dawn.com
Oct 18, 2026

The last thing the world needs right now is another war.

state.gov
Oct 18, 2026

We want to learn all the facts about it first.

state.gov
Oct 18, 2026

The President doesn’t want to see a crisis in the West Bank. We don’t need that right now.

state.gov
Oct 18, 2026

We’ve asked the Israelis and continue to ask them to crack down on that stuff.

state.gov
Oct 12, 2026

“To achieve a peaceful transition—which is what we desire, a peaceful transition toward a permanent and lasting democracy— a great deal of hard work must be done, along with some patience, and free and fair elections. But beyond mere free…

caracaschronicles.com
Oct 12, 2026

Stalemates only end one of two ways.

reason.com
Oct 10, 2026

I expect U.S. allies who rely on the U.S. military for their defense to, quote, "rein in" the court.

npr.org
Oct 10, 2026

They want to prosecute Border Patrol agents that are protecting our nation's borders, and they want to prosecute our elected leaders.

npr.org
Oct 10, 2026

They want the International Criminal Court to do more, including the prosecution of American citizens and service members that are defending their country.

npr.org
Oct 10, 2026

We will either choose to act now or lose the choice to act at all.

npr.org
Oct 10, 2026

If they do not, the United States will continue its campaign to dismantle the ICC piece by piece until Americans are threatened no longer.

foxnews.com

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