People end up fleeing countries who adopt economic policies based on these flawed principles. And more often than not, they come here.

Everything that I will ever accomplish, I owe to God, to my parent's sacrifices, and to the United States of America.

I've always said that I'm open to changes in the relations between Cuba and the U.S., but that Cuba must make changes also.

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

70% of children born into poverty will never make it to the middle class. The uncomfortable truth is that there are now a number of other countries with as much or more opportunity than ours. In fact, more people in Canada go on to surpass the income of their parents than in the United States.

Cuba harbor fugitives of American justice. There are people living on the island of Cuba who have violated American law, including those who have stolen millions of dollars from Medicare fraud in South Florida and have fled to Cuba. Those are three reasons right there to care about what is happening on the island of Cuba, which happens to be 90 miles from our shores, basically a neighboring country.

I've got a record in Florida. I'm proud of my dad, and I'm certainly proud of my brother. In Florida, they called me Jeb, because I earned it.