I challenge the Republican nominees and all Republicans to not just be the anti-illegal immigration party. That's not who we are and that's not who we should be we should be the pro-legal immigration party. Marco Rubio More Quotes by Marco Rubio More Quotes From Marco Rubio Everything that I will ever accomplish, I owe to God, to my parent's sacrifices, and to the United States of America. Marco Rubio sacrifice parent america Roberta Jacobson is in charge of a department within the State Department with which, on other occasions, I have had problems with regarding the answers they gave me. Marco Rubio states problem answers We can't win - if we nominate someone - if we nominate someone that half of the Republican Party hates, we're going to be fighting against each other all the way to November [of 2016]. We will never win that way. Marco Rubio party hate fighting The truth is, the greatest tool to lift children and families from poverty is one that decreases the probability of child poverty by 82%. But it isn't a government spending program. It's called marriage. Marco Rubio poverty government children The most important thing of all is my parents were able to leave all four of their children better off than themselves. That story has a name, it's called the American dream. Marco Rubio names dream children There is one way, only one way to solve it, and that is through legislation. It cannot be through an unconstitutional executive order that violates the Constitution. That is, it doesn't matter here what you think about immigration: here you cannot violate the nation's Constitution, period. Marco Rubio immigration order thinking Conservatives aren't anti-immigrant - conservatives are pro-legal immigration. Marco Rubio legal-immigration immigrants immigration As far as the refugees are concerned, it's not that America doesn't want to accept refugees.t's that we may not be able to, because this is an issue we have to be 100 percent right on. If we allow 9,999 Syrian refugees into the United States, and all of them are good people, but we allow one person in who's an ISIS killer - we just get one person wrong, we've got a serious problem. Marco Rubio isis issues america Let's be clear about what this [presidential] campaign is about. It's not about Donald Trump, he's an entertaining guys, he's the greatest show on Earth. Marco Rubio presidential campaigns guy I do think that there has to be a legal solution, a legal solution on the part of the nation's legislative branch, an immigration proposal. Marco Rubio immigration branches thinking The most important institution in society is the family. If the family breaks down, society breaks down. Marco Rubio breaking-down institutions important Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance.My father was a bartender. And the journey from the back of that bar to the [election 2016], to me, that is the essence of the American dream. Marco Rubio journey dream father I could be anything I wanted because I was an American. And I hope that that's really what's propelled me into public service. Marco Rubio public-service wanted [Donald Trump twitts] "Lightweight Marco Rubio was working hard last night." This is true. "The problem is he's chalker and once a chalker, always a choker," I guess that's what he meant to say. He spelled choker, c-h-o-k-e-r. Marco Rubio lasts problem night I don't ever remember them telling us or teaching us that the only way we could be more successful is if other people were less successful. They never inculcated the belief that somehow, in order for us to climb the ladder, other people have to come down from the ladder. Marco Rubio successful teaching order I don't really like labels in politics, but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism. Marco Rubio conservatism labels accepting We need to have a regulatory budget in America that limits the amount of regulations on our economy. We need to repeal and replace Obamacare and we need to improve higher education so that people can have access to the skills they need for 21st century jobs. Marco Rubio obamacare skills jobs I spent six years as a child growing not far from Las Vegas.I use to sit on the porch of our home and listen to my grandfather tell stories as he smoked one of three daily cigars.One of the things my grandfather instilled in me, was that I was really blessed because I was a citizen of the greatest country in the history of our mankind. Marco Rubio blessed country children Being a conservative can never be about simply an attitude. Being a conservative cannot simply be about how long you're willing to scream, how angry you're willing to be or how many names you're willing to call people. That is not conservative. Marco Rubio attitude long people Jay-Z's a guy that wears the Che Guevara t-shirt and he doesn't realize Che Guevara was a racist. Che Guevara was a murderer and a killer. So look, he's an entertainer, obviously. He's not in the middle of any public discourse here. But I think it's important to point out when people take stances like this that are absurd. Marco Rubio guy people thinking