As a mayor, I've learned that people look to their elected leaders for practical solutions, not partisan ones. They expect results, not political treatises.

Francis X. Suarez

Republican senators such as Ben Sasse have championed smart, practical policies for working people that actually work.

Francis X. Suarez

Americans are our greatest national resource and we need to invest in them through infrastructure, education, and a competitive tax system that rewards initiative and innovation while punishing irresponsible and destructive behavior.

Francis X. Suarez

I'm a very impatient person.

Francis X. Suarez

I realized I could be myself, and I wasn't going to pay a consequence for that, and that people liked me for who I am and not necessarily for the generic, sanitized version of myself. And that was very liberating for me and, frankly, a huge confidence boost.

Francis X. Suarez

Miami for many decades has been an intellectual talent exporter. I have many, many friends who grew up, didn't go to school here, didn't come back.

Francis X. Suarez

Listen, you never can do anything innovative, you can never do anything special if you always find a way to doubt yourself out of it.

Francis X. Suarez

Sometimes it's better to have a big idea and push the envelope.

Francis X. Suarez

We want to make sure that nobody has an advantage over us based on laws that are easily changeable.

Francis X. Suarez

Every city in America and in the world should be trying to grow its technology ecosystem, period. Especially if they care about their children and their grandchildren.

Francis X. Suarez

Cuba is exporting communism throughout the hemisphere and throughout the world, and has been doing it for decades - and that's something that should interest the national security of the United States.

Francis X. Suarez

The problem is, the Cuban government wants it both ways. They want to be able to blame the United States for their failed system of government, and then when remittances are sent over by Miamians... they take the dollars, they turn them into a worthless currency, and then they force Cubans to pay for things in their stores, in dollars.

Francis X. Suarez

All the Cuban government wants to do - and all it's demonstrated to the world - is that they want a repressive, authoritarian control; a Communist dictatorship to continue in the island. So anything that we do to try to help the island ultimately becomes fuel for them to repress their citizens.

Francis X. Suarez

An effective mass transit system that equitably services every resident in Miami is something that would transform the way people here commute.

Francis X. Suarez

I want to make Miami the 'capitol of capital' and that includes Bitcoin.

Francis X. Suarez

I not only have to take care of each and every one of the residents of the city of Miami, but I also have to think about all the cities in America and how do we create prosperity for all those cities.

Francis X. Suarez

That immigrant energy, that desire to never fail under any circumstances, that desire to come to a country that opens its arms to everyone and gives them an opportunity to be successful in the future - that is quintessential Miami.

Francis X. Suarez

People want to be in a place where government is receptive and supportive of them. They want people to feel grateful for what they do in the community and in creating high-paying jobs, and they may not be getting that in the places where they've traditionally been.

Francis X. Suarez

I'm not one of those people who grew up thinking I want to be a politician. I've seen the ups and the downs. I felt it at a very personal level.

Francis X. Suarez

Each and every life that has fled communism has proven how the will to pursue democracy and freedom, even in the face of oppression, can never be suppressed or silenced.

Francis X. Suarez

Francis X. Suarez Quotes

As a mayor, I've learned that people look to their elected leaders for practical solutions, not partisan ones. They expect results, not political treatises.

Republican senators such as Ben Sasse have championed smart, practical policies for working people that actually work.

Americans are our greatest national resource and we need to invest in them through infrastructure, education, and a competitive tax system that rewards initiative and innovation while punishing irresponsible and destructive behavior.

I'm a very impatient person.

I realized I could be myself, and I wasn't going to pay a consequence for that, and that people liked me for who I am and not necessarily for the generic, sanitized version of myself. And that was very liberating for me and, frankly, a huge confidence boost.

Miami for many decades has been an intellectual talent exporter. I have many, many friends who grew up, didn't go to school here, didn't come back.

Listen, you never can do anything innovative, you can never do anything special if you always find a way to doubt yourself out of it.

Sometimes it's better to have a big idea and push the envelope.

We want to make sure that nobody has an advantage over us based on laws that are easily changeable.

Every city in America and in the world should be trying to grow its technology ecosystem, period. Especially if they care about their children and their grandchildren.

Cuba is exporting communism throughout the hemisphere and throughout the world, and has been doing it for decades - and that's something that should interest the national security of the United States.

All the Cuban government wants to do - and all it's demonstrated to the world - is that they want a repressive, authoritarian control; a Communist dictatorship to continue in the island. So anything that we do to try to help the island ultimately becomes fuel for them to repress their citizens.

An effective mass transit system that equitably services every resident in Miami is something that would transform the way people here commute.

I want to make Miami the 'capitol of capital' and that includes Bitcoin.

I not only have to take care of each and every one of the residents of the city of Miami, but I also have to think about all the cities in America and how do we create prosperity for all those cities.

That immigrant energy, that desire to never fail under any circumstances, that desire to come to a country that opens its arms to everyone and gives them an opportunity to be successful in the future - that is quintessential Miami.

People want to be in a place where government is receptive and supportive of them. They want people to feel grateful for what they do in the community and in creating high-paying jobs, and they may not be getting that in the places where they've traditionally been.

I'm not one of those people who grew up thinking I want to be a politician. I've seen the ups and the downs. I felt it at a very personal level.

Each and every life that has fled communism has proven how the will to pursue democracy and freedom, even in the face of oppression, can never be suppressed or silenced.