To tackle the big and relevant issues of the day with bold and innovative ideas is without question the most rewarding way to serve.
Marco RubioAmerica is not a special country by accident. It did not happen on its own. It happened because for over 200 years, each generation before us did what needed to be done.
Marco RubioGovernment should allow people to go out and do the things Americans have always done, create jobs and prosperity. And America's role in the world - the world is a safer and better place when America is the strongest country in the world.
Marco RubioBut here's what I would tell people of my generation. I turn 40 this year. There isn't going to be a Social Security. There isn't going to be a Medicare when you retire. Forget about what your benefit is going to look like. There isn't going to be one if we don't make some reforms to save that program now.
Marco RubioThe most important institution in society is the family. If the family breaks down, society breaks down.
Marco RubioFor more than two generations, my family had never achieved their ambitions. Their talents were unappreciated and unused. They deserved better. They hadn't done anything wrong; they just had some bad breaks. Why was I succeeding? Why was I living my dreams? I wasn't more deserving than they were. I wasn't smarter or a better person. What was the difference between us that allowed me to attain so much in a short time? America. America was the difference. I had been born a citizen of the greatest nation in all of human history.
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