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Rubio calls today’s Washington politicians hyperbolic and often false, warning that big government can crush those trying to succeed. He says he’s been an underdog all his life and expects to win many delegates on Super Tuesday. He also warns that resentment in politics can split both the Republican Party and the nation.

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[Cuba's goverment] is an anti-American government.

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We need to make sure our government programs encourage work, not dependence.

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[Donald Trump] hedging his bets because he's used to buying politicians.

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Big government doesn't help the middle class, it buries it.

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Most countries choose to have government run the economy.

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We Americans are as great as we have ever been. But our government is broken.

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The government can't change the weather.

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America is greatest country; but not our government.

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I have been an underdog my whole life, both in life and in politics. We're going to do well. We're going to…

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

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Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade, and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent.

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American nation was not founded on political principles. This nation was founded on spiritual principles.

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You have to deal with the reality that in the political process, people are going to vote based on what they're hearing…

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Leaders at the highest levels of our government are undertaking a deliberate and systematic effort to redefine our government, our economy and…

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Government doesn't have to be the enemy, but too much government has produced a new kind of inequality in America: opportunity inequality.

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I believe in freedom of speech. And I believe that spending on political campaigns is a form of political speech that is…

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National security, the government is in charge of that. And you better have a president that understands the threats we [the state]…

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Mitt Romney knows America's prosperity didn't happen because our government simply spent more. It happened because our people used their own money…

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Under this president, we have a government that has grown too big, too costly and now even more overbearing by forcing religious…

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The idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hardworking middle class taxpayers - that's an…

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Now, the political class tries to make sense of all of this, but they can't, because never has the political class or…

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We chose more freedom instead of more government. We chose the principles of our founding to solve the challenges of our time.…

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There have always been people in American politics that wanted America to be more like the rest of the world. And In…

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First of all, let me just say what's interesting about American politics is that if things really get bad here, people say…

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Cuba continues to be a source of instability in the region. For example, historic numbers of people are fleeing the island of…

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In politics, people throw around the word 'friend' so much it often has little real meaning. This is not one of those…

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Puerto Rico is a government that is spending money that it doesn't have. What's coming in and what's going out don't match.…

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We understand that ISIS is a group that's growing in its governance of territory. It's not just Iraq and Syria. They are…

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Their rhetoric is the same as always. The only difference is that the United States has granted them a whole series of…

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They [ the government of Puerto Rico] are asking to be given the right to declare bankruptcy, which I think should be…

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Cubans who arrive and can prove that they are refugees who are truly fleeing political persecution will continue to qualify as refugees.…

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They're willing to accept changes on the part of the U.S. that contribute to more money entering Cuba so they can benefit.…

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Cubans must prove that they're political refugees. And if they can prove that they're really fleeing persecution, well, they would qualify as…

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You know what the fastest growing religion in America is? Statism. The growing reliance on government.

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I think it's a mistake to view North Korea as a government. It really is more like a criminal syndicate.

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Free enterprise makes people prosperous, all people prosperous, and big government makes people poorer.

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Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them.

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The problem is that when government controls the economy, those who can influence government keep winning, and everybody else just stays the…

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Big government helps the people who have made it. It doesn't help the people who are trying to make it; it crushes…

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For fifty years now, we have tried big government. Yet too many people remain trapped in despair. Now, we must try a…

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I have been an underdog my whole life, both in life and in politics. We're going to do well. We're going to pick up…

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The greatest thing that we can do for the world is be America.

Our people want jobs. They don't want a safety net as a way of life.

I believe that every single human being is entitled to the protection of our laws, whether they can vote or not. Whether they can…

I don't measure success by how many buildings have my name on it.

Any time you can degrade or take away the top leadership of an organization, it's a positive step forward.