Marco Rubio Quotes

The middle class of this country, our historic backbone and our best hope for a strong society in the future, is losing its place at the table.

And that is that we have never been: a nation of haves and have-nots. We are a nation of haves and soon-to-haves, of people who have made it and people who will make it. And that's who we need to remain.

America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams.

There are two things in Indian history - one is the incredible optimism and potential of the place, and the other is the betrayal of that potential - for example, corruption. Those two strands intertwine through the whole of Indian history, and maybe not just Indian history.

The Philippines, it might be said, is a country in search of an identity.

Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy.

In a city like New York, you're aware of the rich and poor.

If we cannot provide excellent educational opportunities to all children, safe communities, quality health coverage, or robust and fair avenues towards wealth creation, then our nation will increasingly be in peril.

No person can maximize the American Dream on the minimum wage.

I couldn't achieve the American dream in Japan.

Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty.

Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance themselves.

America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color you are.

We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.

I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.

Immigration is as much about the American experience and the values we share, and a lot more about economics than it is about politics.

The United States is a country where practically everybody considers himself middle class.

I grew up in the United States.

We know that in our free market economy some will prosper more than others. What we don't accept is the idea that some folks won't even get a chance.

Those who have won the ovarian lottery by being born in an advanced society to loving parents have a special obligation to help restore the American Dream.

I myself am from a very poor background; I experienced firsthand poverty in this country, and that is not unrelated to my desire, from the moment I became president, to make a priority of poverty reduction in this country.

Economic growth is necessary to keep the promise - enormously important to individual Americans - that each generation will have the opportunity to become more prosperous than the preceding one, the popular term for which is 'the American dream.'

The Hispanic community understands the American Dream and have not forgotten what they were promised - that in the U.S., a free market system, allows us all to succeed economically, achieve stability and security for your family and leave your children better off than yourselves.

I don't mind the rich getting richer, but the poor shouldn't be getting poorer, and there should be more people moving into the middle class.

People naturally long for a bit of the wealth that is whorling all around them, and if the work and education available to them won't get them closer to the comforts that they see others enjoying, the temptation to take shortcuts can be fierce.