Marco Rubio Quotes

One of the greatest falsehoods of American politics over the past several decades is that the Republican party is the party of fiscal responsibility.

People ask me about if, being a Republican, you guys want to cut everything and stop everything and not help people. I find that patently false.

In 1996, Republicans used reconciliation to pass major legislation that ended six decades of welfare policy.

I think people will be so happy with the Contract with America that term limits won’t matter.

Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren't looking at the facts.

The Republicans I know or the conservatives I know, they disagree with what the Republicans are doing in Washington because we are compromising too much.

Republicans spend and borrow, Democrats tax and spend.

On economic policy, my support of smaller government, lower taxes and economic reform is consistent with the mainstream of the Republican Party in the United States and with many Democrats as well.

Republicans traditionally say, 'oh, we'll cut domestic spending, but we won't touch the military.' The liberals - the ones who are good - will say, 'oh, we'll cut the military, but we won't cut domestic spending.'

As I'm learning, Republicans seem to only care about deficits when a Democrat is in the White House.

There's a feeling among some people that the Republican party is harsh on some things.

I think anyone that thought that we were coming in as a bunch of liberal Democrats to deliver more large-scale social programs was nuts. I sure didn't expect it.

President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom.

You could accuse Republicans of a lot of things, but you could never convict us of being too conservative!

You know, I think that the Republicans have made it really clear that they want to end the so-called social safety net from cradle to grave.

While I am grateful for the friendships and relationships that I have with my Republican colleagues, it would be naive to pretend that those friendships will change the way that major policies are enacted in Arizona.

I'm one of the top 2 or 3 or 4 most conservative members in the House of Representatives when it comes to economics.

The Democrats want government to do the spending. Senator McCain wants families to do the spending.

Well, the economic recovery was successful even though the Democrats opposed the reforms every step of the way. And it is clear the Democrats have no clear plan to strengthen our economy, as Republicans do.

Obama's claim is that he wants to give. The GOP is saying it wants to take.

Republicans are the party of 'no,' and Democrats are the party of 'don't know' because it hasn't fought for bold ideas, policies, or plans to turn us in a new direction.

I agree with Sen. Rand Paul on issues more than I do Mitch McConnell.

The Republicans have lost their standards; they've lost their principles... Really, that's why the machine in the Republican Party is fighting against me... They have never really gone along with lower taxes and less government.

Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work.

This is what the election of 2010 was about. We didn't send conservatives to Washington to flirt with Democrat proposals for higher taxes and more debt. We sent leaders to stop them.