The authority to declare war rests in Congress, not in an out-of-control president. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The American president has a peculiar leadership responsibility to speak out for freedom. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The most enduring legacy of President Barack Obama is going to be a new generation of leaders standing up for liberty. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If you look at that 2008 Democratic primary, there was no more formidable, unstoppable candidate - other than an incumbent President -… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The president doesn't have the authority to change the law or ignore the law, and that's what Obama tried to do. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If I'm elected president, we will secure the border. We will triple the border patrol. We will build a wall that works… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I will tell you, as president, I'm not going to be neutral. America will stand unapologetically with Israel. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We need a president who is focused on defeating every single ISIS terrorist and protecting the homeland, which should be the first… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If I'm elected president, let me tell you about my first day in office. The first thing I intend to do is… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
By statute, Congress has given the president the authority to suspend immigration - any class of immigration if he deems it in… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
As president, I wouldn't be making the day-to-day combat decisions. The job of the commander-in-chief is to lay the objective out and… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I believe in a America first foreign policy, that far too often President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton - and, unfortunately, more… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Under Article II, all executive power is vested in one president of the United States. The regulatory state is Congress's efforts to… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
What I'm encouraging President Trump and the Cabinet and congressional leaders to do, is let's keep our promises. Let's do what we… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
For anyone who doesn't believe that Donald Trump is the best candidate to go head to head with Hillary Clinton in November,… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight Bill was that it gave President [Barack] Obama blanket authority… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I think President Obama is the most radical president this nation's ever seen. And in particular, I think he is a true… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
President Obama, when he was elected, he could have been a unifying figure. He could have chosen to be a leader on… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The Democrats are angry, and they're out of their minds. You know, we're seeing in the Senate, the Senate Democrats objecting to… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Under President (George W.) Bush, prosecution of gun crimes was 30 percent higher than it is under President Obama. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
ISIS is gaining strength because the perception is that they're winning. And President [Barack] Obama fuels that perception. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We need a president who understands the first obligation of the commander-in-chief is to keep America safe. If I am elected president,… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We need a president that shows the courage that Egypt's President al-Sisi, a Muslim, when he called out the radical Islamic terrorists… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
One of the things that I have encouraged President Trump to do, and I'm optimistic about this, is to take on directly… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Were it not for the transformative love of Jesus Christ, I would have been raised by a single mom without my father… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton are proposing bringing tens of thousands of Syrian refugees to this country when the head of… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Instead of a president who boycotts Prime Minister Netanyahu, imagine a president who stands unapologetically with the nation of Israel. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorists as long as we have a president [Barack Obama] unwilling to utter the words 'radical… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We need a president who stands up, number one, and says, we will defeat ISIS. And number two, says the greatest national… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
President Obama fuels that perception. That will change when militants across the globe see that when you join ISIS that you are… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
How do we get America back to work? President Obama thinks the answer is more and more government. Government is not the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
President Obama's Justice Department won less than half of its total cases before the Supreme Court, which is the lowest presidential win… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The very first day that President [Barack] Obama was inaugurated, his first act as a president was to rescind that ban on… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Congress needs to send a strong signal that direct communication with the leader of the free world is a privilege, particularly for… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I was born in Cuba. At the age of 14 years of age I was involved in a revolution. We were suffering from a… — Ted Cruz Copy Share
Donald Trump has opened [ politically correct enforcement] up wide. He's made a very bold statement and he's backed it back just a little… — Ted Cruz Copy Share
I get that the media wants us to play theater critics and critique every other proposal. What I'm focusing on are my own policy… — Ted Cruz Copy Share
We need to remain a nation that doesn't just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream. — Ted Cruz Copy Share
Donald Trump threatened to file a defamation suit against me for running a TV ad that consisted only entirely of his own words on… — Ted Cruz Copy Share
The immigrant experience of all of us is what makes us Americans, because we value in our DNA liberty and opportunity above all else. — Ted Cruz Copy Share
The First Amendment exists to protect our religious liberty--to ensure that all Americans are able to seek out worship God with all our hearts,… — Ted Cruz Copy Share
It is my hope that all of the Republicans who recognize that nominating a candidate who agrees with Hillary Clinton on a host of… — Ted Cruz Copy Share
The Senate Majority Leader has the unilateral ability to stand up and say, 'If you defy Congress, if you defy the Constitution, if you… — Ted Cruz Copy Share
You can't get to a balanced budget and begin to pay down debt and thus create jobs in this country if you don't have… — Ted Cruz Copy Share
That's what actually caused me to run for office is, you know, my family story, the experience of growing up in a family where… — Ted Cruz Copy Share
One of the things we've seen here is how easy it is for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to get distracted from dealing with… — Ted Cruz Copy Share
Imagine a legal immigration system that welcomes and celebrates those who come to achieve the American dream. — Ted Cruz Copy Share
The court follows elite opinion, not public opinion. And Democratic leaders in Congress and Republican leaders in Congress follow elite opinion as well. It's… — Ted Cruz Copy Share
![“I believe in a America first foreign policy, that far too often President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton - and, unfortunately, more than a few Republicans - have gotten distracted from the central focus of keeping this country safe.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/292/ted-cruz-487_america_i-believe-in-a-america-first-foreign-pol_2606987.jpg)
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