You can do that on day one in the first hour of your presidency, in the first week of your presidency, the centrifuges that [Iran has] now are quite frankly ancient. Marco Rubio More Quotes by Marco Rubio More Quotes From Marco Rubio Presidents in both parties - from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan - have known that our free-enterprise economy is the source of our middle-class prosperity. Marco Rubio partypresidentclass Around the world, America's influence has declined while this president [Barack Obama] has destroyed our military, our allies no longer trust us, and our adversaries no longer respect us. Marco Rubio militarypresidentamerica I think God has blessed us. He has blessed the Republican Party with some very good candidates. The Democrats can't even find one. Marco Rubio partyblessedthinking They made it to the middle class, my dad working as a bartender and my mother as a cashier and a maid. I didn't inherit any money from them. But I inherited something far better - the real opportunity to accomplish my dreams. Marco Rubio dadmotherdream American nation was not founded on political principles. This nation was founded on spiritual principles. Marco Rubio politicalprinciplesspiritual I don't care how much you may think they're funny or how interesting they may sound. If we nominate someone that 40 to 50 percent of our party doesn't - can't stand, we are going to lose. Marco Rubio partyinterestingthinking I don't agree with the notion that some are putting out there, including scientists, that somehow there are actions we can take today that would actually have an impact on what's happening in our climate. Marco Rubio impactclimatetoday Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them. Marco Rubio protectgovernmentrights I'm always looking for a way to serve the nation, but I don't believe that it will be as vice president and I'm really not seeking it, I'm not requesting it and it won't happen. Marco Rubio vicespresidentbelieve Today you have millions of Americans that feel left out and out of place in their own country, struggling to live paycheck to paycheck, called bigots because they hold on to traditional values. Marco Rubio struggletodaycountry We don't need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system. And then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to pay down the debt and never grow it again. Marco Rubio disciplinegovernmentpeople Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. And our programs to help them should reflect that. Marco Rubio opportunityamericapeople I really - as I said, I wanted to be President of the United States. It didn't turn out that way. Marco Rubio united-statespresidentway All human life at every stage of its development is worthy of protection. Marco Rubio human-lifeprotectiondevelopment Our problem with President Obama isn't that he's a bad person. By all accounts, he too is a good husband, and a good father - and thanks to lots of practice, a pretty good golfer. Marco Rubio husbandpracticefather Well, the most important thing a president will be is commander-in-chief. And that requires having an understanding of the complex issues on foreign policy. Foreign policy presents us often with hard choices, not black or white choices. Marco Rubio issueschoiceswhite Aren't we in the midst of a blitzkrieg, for a lack of a better term, of informational warfare conducted by Russian trolls under the command of Vladimir Putin? Marco Rubio trollterm The way to turn our economy around is not by making rich people poorer, it's by making poor people richer. Marco Rubio richpeopleway I want immigration reform to pass, I want people to be able to come out of the shadows. Marco Rubio immigrationshadowpeople Anger alone is not going to be enough. You deserve a nominee who tells you exactly, "Here's what we're going to do," and outlines that. So you know what you're getting. So there's some level of accountability here. So my campaign is about this. We are very realistic about our challenges right now in this country. Marco Rubio accountabilitychallengescountry
