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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Mar 7, 2023

I don't understand why this company is allowed to operate as long as it's owned.

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Feb 9, 2023

The famous saying now seems silly, that no two countries with McDonald's in them have ever gone to war.

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Feb 9, 2023

I think it is now fair to say that while wealth certainly increased, particularly in China through its export-driven economy... I do not think we can say either China or Russia are more democratic.

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Feb 9, 2023

It is true that our way of life, our democracy, our belief in our values, in the rules-based international order, is being challenged.

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Feb 9, 2023

We want to be ready for conflict, but our goal is to avoid war.

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Feb 9, 2023

The famous saying now seems silly, that no two countries with McDonald's in them have ever gone to war.

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Feb 8, 2023

It is true that our way of life, our democracy, our belief in our values, in the rules-based international order, is being challenged and we have to meet that challenge.

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Feb 8, 2023

The famous saying now seems silly, that no two countries with McDonald's in them have ever gone to war.

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Feb 8, 2023

I think it is now fair to say that gamble failed and I think the President actually hinted at some of that in his speech the other night--and we are now entering a new era.

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Dec 24, 2022

If I make that decision that that's the right place for me to serve at this moment in my life, I'll run for president. And that's what my decision will be built on.

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Oct 17, 2022

Sure because I'm going to win, so I look forward to supporting that, but -- yes, no matter what the outcome is, I will support it, because Florida has good laws.

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Oct 17, 2022

These are rules that allow people to have confidence that their vote counted and their vote mattered. They're not suppressing anyone's vote, they are rules designed to make sure the system works the way it's supposed to work.

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Oct 17, 2022

We have to have rules and we have to have laws. And those laws have to be followed.

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Oct 17, 2022

I've never denied an election, ever. I have never said that the election -- I'm not like Stacey Abrams in Georgia that denied her election. I never denied an election.

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Oct 5, 2022

Judge Cannon is a great judge who I am very proud to have enthusiastically supported. The attacks against her are just the latest example of hypocrisy from leftists and their media enablers, who believe the only time it is acceptable to…

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Sep 27, 2022

Marco Rubio was on the same page as far as funding.

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Sep 15, 2022

I don`t think a fight over storage of documents is worthy of what they have done, which is a full scale raid.

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Sep 15, 2022

It is time to open our eyes. We cannot allow a con artist to get access to the nuclear codes of the United States of America.

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Sep 14, 2022

The sanctions modifications relief would be an exchange, for example, for them returning to negotiations--agreeing to return to negotiations?

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Sep 14, 2022

They have used negotiations repeatedly over the years to buy time and even the Vatican no longer is willing to step in the breach and put that together.

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Sep 7, 2022

This is really at its core, a storage argument that they`re making, right?

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Sep 7, 2022

If this was so serious, it should have been raised to the congressional level. We get briefed all the time on counterintelligence threats.

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Sep 6, 2022

So it was really that sort of an urgent problem, why didn`t they immediately demand their return? Why didn`t they come to the Gang of Eight or the Intelligence Committee heads and say, look, we have got this major problem on our hands…

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Sep 6, 2022

This is really at its core, a storage argument that they're making, right? They're arguing there are documents there. They don't deny that he should have access to those documents. I don't think a fight over storage of documents is worthy…

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Sep 6, 2022

The only reason to leak to the media is to influence the narrative, which tells you this is being politicized.

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