Quote by Marco Rubio

But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests.That we shouldn't be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us.

But America was founded on the principle that every person h

Summary

This quote emphasizes the foundational principles of America, highlighting the belief that individuals are inherently endowed with rights by a higher power. It emphasizes the democratic concept that power ultimately resides with the people, and that the fundamental purpose of government is to safeguard these rights and work in the best interests of its citizens. The quote further suggests that America promotes social mobility, rejecting the notion that one's opportunities should be predetermined based on their background, and instead embraces the idea that individuals should have the freedom to achieve success based on their abilities and efforts.

Topics

Government

By Marco Rubio

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you

You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That is a disguised form of love.

May I always be worth of my friends.

May I always be worth of my friends.

Friends

The intolerable compliment of suffering

The intolerable compliment of suffering

Hope Inspirational

In beauty of face no maiden ever equaled her. It was the rad

In beauty of face no maiden ever equaled her. It was the radiance of an opium-dream - an airy and spirit-lifting vision more wildly divine than the fantasies which hovered about the slumbering souls of the daughters of Delos.

Edgar Allan Poe

Beauty Youth Greek Mythology

I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll jus

I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind.

Change

My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too m

My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together,' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting.

Learning

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Economics

Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not tru

Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive persuasive words are not good.

Good Communication

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

Joseph Campbell

The best product should be bought, the best man should be re

The best product should be bought, the best man should be rewarded more. Interfering factors which befuddle this triumph of virtue, justice, truth, and efficiency, etc., should be kept to an absolute minimum or should approach zero as a limit.

Truth Man Products Virtues

I write music with an exclamation point!

I write music with an exclamation point!

Music

I didn't plan to be the rude middle-class comedian. You writ

I didn't plan to be the rude middle-class comedian. You write a certain type of joke that you find funny, and mine happen to be often rude. Yes, it's juvenile, but that's me.

Funny