Marco Rubio Quotes

You know, conservatism is not a bad thing. It's not a pejorative.

As conservatives, we know our principles, and we also know the best ideas do not always come from Washington.

There are 100 different doors to come into the conservative movement. You can disagree with 99 of them, as long as you agree on one: more-limited government.

No matter what the issue is, conservative principles are always better for people than big-government, liberal principles.

I want the American people to understand that conservatism is an ideology of protecting the people and the people's rights.

Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals.

My instincts are conservative, but my inclinations are also libertarian.

Real conservatives are in favour of all kinds of unelected power and authority.

I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit.

The Tea Party claims to want small government.

The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the New Deal.

The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives.

I'm not deeply ideologically driven. I believe in good center-right politics.

Maybe it's my libertarian philosophy: but being in government is hard.

I am a conservative and proud of it.

I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.

I think the Republican Party is supposed to be the party of less government intrusion.

Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government.

The conservative principles are applicable to the to the most diverse situations.

I don't really like labels in politics, but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism.

We should not just talk about conservative principles, but we should actually advance them.

I think there are plenty of Libertarians that are socially conservative.

Conservatives sometimes forget that limiting government is not an end in itself but a means to a better society.

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.