For most of history, almost everyone was poor. Power and wealth belonged to only a few.
— Marco Rubio
I think Tupac was more someone who was trying to inform us about what was going on, and he did it through entertainment.
It has become starkly apparent to me that we lack any sort of strategic foreign policy view, and when I say 'we,' I mean the country in general, but in particular, the Republican Party.
The Democrats have invested a lot of time in telling struggling Americans that Republicans or anyone who doesn't agree with their agenda doesn't care about people who are struggling.
There's no doubt that when the Republican Party took over in 1994, the 'Contract with America' was an opportunity to implement some things - like welfare reform and some of the other initiatives. Then, it kind of lost its steam.
There is a majority of scientists that say that global carbon emissions by humans causes some changes in the climate.
There's a lot of work to be done if you're going to run for president or if you're going to run for re-election in a state as big as Florida.
The more science learns, the more I'm convinced that God is real.
My parents were just as smart as I am, just as hard working if not harder; I think my father and grandfather were probably better men, yet I've been able to accomplish things professionally that they were not able to.
The breakdown of the American family's having a disastrous impact on our economy.
I support people making more than $9. I want people to make as much as they can.
If you're the cashier at Burger King, of course you make less than the manager or even the CEO. The issue is whether you're stuck being a cashier for the rest of your life.
The science is settled; it's not even a consensus, it is a unanimity that human life begins at conception.
If you know the only way to lose your seat is to get out-conservatived in a primary, you'll never let anyone get to your right.
I think the age of the universe has zero to do with how our economy is going to grow.
Our climate is always changing.
My question becomes, 'If we want to empower people with higher pay, there are probably better ways to do it that are more enduring than simply a federal mandate on wage level.'
Mitt Romney knows America's prosperity didn't happen because our government simply spent more. It happened because our people used their own money to open a business.
A lot of bad things happen in lame duck sessions.
A better way to help American companies compete against competitors abroad is to remove all series and myriad of obstacles they face in America, whether it's union rules in some states or massive amounts of regulation imposed upon them, one of the most expensive combined corporate tax rates on the planet.
We have a lot of thoughtful people in the U.S. Senate.
The poverty found in rural areas has some characteristics that are very different from the poverty found in inner cities.
The immigration issue is a gateway issue for Hispanics, no doubt about it.
I am troubled that sometimes in our political discourse we spend all of our time focused on the challenges of the next century rather than on the opportunities of the new century.
Exile is not a time frame. Exile is an experience. It's a sentiment.
It's easier to sell cotton candy than it is to sell broccoli to somebody, but the broccoli is better for you, and the same thing with a limited government.
Che Guevara was a racist.
The Dream Act as it's been written originally is too broad, to be honest. It basically would apply to too many people.
The conservative movement is about government playing its important yet limited role, and about not falling into the trap of believing that every problem has an exclusive government answer for it.
I'm not a game-show contestant, I'm a U.S. senator.
Whether the earth was created in seven days or seven actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries.
I thought the best way to topple Assad was not through airstrikes, but through equipping the moderate rebel elements.
We've had hurricanes in Florida forever. And the question is, 'What do we do about the fact that we have built expensive structures, real estate and population centers, near those vulnerable areas?'
All presidents get frustrated with Congress.
In 1980, I watched my first Republican convention with my grandfather.
Politically, foreign policy never matters until it matters, and then it matters a lot.
One of the reasons people feel so alienated from the American political process is in the fights we get in here in Washington, no one's ever talking about them and the challenges they're going through.
I think the best thing that can happen to the Republican Party is that it is identified as a party organized around a set of principles, ideals and ideas for our future.
I have never voted for a tax increase.
I'm a big believer in family-based immigration.
For most of my life, I've been in a hurry.
God has blessed me with the opportunity to be an American son.
The vast majority of a significant portion of Americans of Hispanic descent will vote - happen to be working class people who are desperate to not only achieve the American dream but leave their kids better off than themselves.
Minimum wage laws have never worked in terms of having the middle class attain more prosperity.
There are millions of women who are trapped in lower-paying jobs and don't have the skills for a higher-paying job, and don't have the money or the time to access the higher education that they need for a better job.
At its core, conservatism is not an anti-government movement, and it's not a no-government movement.
I've always viewed politics the following way: if you do a good job at the job you're doing, you'll have opportunities to do other things in the future. Maybe things you never envisioned.
I think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says.
Climate is always evolving, and natural disaster have always existed.
I believe that if you want to be president of the United States, you run for president. You don't run for president with some eject button in the cockpit that allows you to go on an exit ramp if it doesn't work out.
