Marco Rubio Quotes

People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step.

We regard education as a means of safeguarding the family from too great a reliance upon the state rather than as a means for the state to take over the responsibilities of the family.

I'm not a huge believer that government provides a whole lot of solutions.

Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions.

Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through.

I was looking for a new challenge and got an interest in trying to make a difference for families. You become more aware of how important families are. They are the key institution in our culture. The reason I got into politics was to try to make a difference for that key institution, whether it was tax policy, education policy, or whatever.

When people are desperate or wealthy, they turn to socialism; only when they have no other alternative do they embrace the free market. After all, lies about guaranteed security are far more seductive than lectures about personal responsibility.

Americans want to work. We want to take care of our families. It's in our DNA, the American work ethic.

Conservatism to me is limited government, liberty and sticking to the Constitution and realizing that government is not the solution to almost anything, that your community, your family is the solution to everything.

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

We’ve gotten in the habit over the last 40 years in thinking the government has the answers. There’s very little that government can do as efficiently and as economically as the people can do themselves.

I want the people to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry.

That first morning that I woke up self-employed, terror quickly consumed me. I found myself sitting with my laptop and realized, for the first time, that I was entirely responsible for all of my own decisions, as well as the consequences of those decisions.

In their zeal to show compassion, liberal community activists are quick to offer government handouts and, in the process, convey the message that people are incapable of making it on their own.

It's my goal to show the world that Americans know how to help Americans without expecting the government to come riding in on a white horse and save the day.

From the age of 11, I was taught the importance of earning my own money. I would babysit, walk dogs, clean cars, and work at the local corner shop and the butcher's. If I wanted to buy something, I always bought it myself.

It's our government; just leave us alone and... let the free market create the jobs.

I have always told my daughters not to be dependent on anyone in any capacity.

Business owners are responsible for themselves.

For people who seem so hell-bent on multiculturalism, why can't liberals understand that free enterprise/freedom is a part of the American Culture?

My parents had two rules: You had to go to college, and you had to pay for it yourself. So we all did.

The tea party wants to empower people with opportunity and the freedom for the individual to pursue success and keep the fruits of their success.

I'm a believer in private enterprise, the dignity of work, limited government, and the possibilities of freedom.

I believe that business creates the jobs in this country and not government.

I believe that the strength in America is individual families and communities.