For most Americans, their primary aspiration is to achieve a better life... To earn a livable wage in a good job. To… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Poverty does not create our social problems...our social problems create our poverty. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The poverty found in rural areas has some characteristics that are very different from the poverty found in inner cities. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
For fifty years now, we have tried big government. Yet too many people remain trapped in despair. Now, we must try a… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
If we want to save our country, we must all realize that the breakdown of our culture is trapping millions of people… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Our brave men and women have made many sacrifices in just wars to defeat the forces of evil. We have exported our… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Our status as a land of equal opportunity has made us a rich and powerful nation, but it has also transformed lives.… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
These economic, social, cultural and educational causes of opportunity inequality are complex. And they will not be solved by continuing with the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The second truism that we must understand is that poverty does not create our social problems, our social problems create our poverty. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Raising the minimum wage may poll well, but having a job that pays $10 an hour is not the American Dream. And… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I am but a generation removed from poverty and despair. Where would I be today if there had never been an America?… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
To help people emerge from the poverty, you have to understand, what are the structural causes of it. And the structural causes… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The truth is, the greatest tool to lift children and families from poverty is one that decreases the probability of child poverty… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Every nation on the Earth that embraces market economics and the free enterprise system is pulling millions of its people out of… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
America is still the land of opportunity for most, but it is not a land of opportunity for all. If we are… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
We are still a country where hard work and perseverance can earn you a better life... Yet we are rightfully troubled that… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
70% of children born into poverty will never make it to the middle class. The uncomfortable truth is that there are now… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The millions currently trapped in poverty and despair are a tremendous untapped resource. Just think of what it would mean for America… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The erosion of equal opportunity is among the greatest threats to our exceptionalism as a nation. But it also provides us with… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
However, however, if the goal is to abandon America's free enterprise economy, if the goal is to convert America into a submissive member of… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The president we have today is a typical Washington politician that's prone to hyperbole and decisiveness and false outrage. And I think it's very… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is not going to be the nominee, because we are not going to allow - people will wake up and we're not… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
My first job paid well for a young attorney. I was making over $50,000, which was more than either of my parents had ever… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
My dad was a bartender. My mom was a cashier, a maid and a stock clerk at K-Mart. They never made it big. They… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Now, look, it's true, Americans do want leaders that will come to Washington, D.C. and work together to get things done, but that comes… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
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… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The conservative movement is about government playing its important yet limited role, and about not falling into the trap of believing that every problem… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image