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
The [Barack] Obama administration has both their hands in your pocket. They're trying to take every hard dollar you make to give… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We are still a nation of laws. You just have to check with Barack Obama every day to see what they are. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The Tsarnaev brothers, the elder brother made a public call to jihad and the [Barack] Obama administration didn't target it. — 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
This man [Barack Obama] does not have the interests of our country. That's not his agenda. His agenda is to bring us… — 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
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
Let's go back to the beginning of the Obama administration, when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama led NATO in toppling the government… — 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
He has attempted to muddy the waters, but I think anyone that watched the battle that we had - you know, there… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Nidal Hasan communicated with Anwar al-Awlaki, a known radical cleric, asked about waging jihad against his fellow soldiers. The problem is because… — 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
On the Left, the best and brightest go into politics - Barack Obama is the epitome of the perfect leftist. On the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The grass roots are energized because the absolutely highest priority in the country in November is to defeat Barack Obama. I have… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
On domestic policy, Donald Trump agreed with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the Wall Street bailout, the TARP bailout of big… — 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
The [Barack] Obama administration wants to take our rights to keep and bear arms away from us. They are trying to take… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I can tell you is all nine of the people here [on debates] would make an infinitely better commander in chief than… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
One of the things we've seen here is how easy it is for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to get distracted from… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Barack Obama has said he doesn't believe in American leadership or America winning - he is wrong. America can win again and… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
You know what the [Barack] Obama administration keeps getting wrong is whenever anything bad happens they focus on law-abiding citizens instead of… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
It's not a lack of competence that is preventing the [Barack] Obama administration from stopping these attacks. It is political correctness. We… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The specific question was visa overstays.Current federal law requires a biometric exit-entry system when you come in on a visa. And the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
One of the problems with Marco's [Rubio] foreign policy is he has far too often supported Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama undermining… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We keep hearing from [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton and Washington Republicans that they're searching for these mythical moderate rebels. It's like… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We need to learn from history. These same leaders - [Barack] Obama, [Hillary] Clinton, and far too many Republicans - want to… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Move over to Egypt. Once again, the [Barack] Obama administration, encouraged by Republicans, toppled [Hosni] Mubarak who had been a reliable ally… — 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
We're looking at a president [Barack Obama] who's engaged in double-speak where he doesn't call radical Islamic terrorism by its name. Indeed,… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
President [Barack] Obama has talked about fundamentally transforming this country. There's 7 billion people across the face of the globe, many of… — 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
![“The [Barack] Obama administration has both their hands in your pocket. They're trying to take every hard dollar you make to give it out in handouts to buy votes.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/ted-cruz-487_administration_the-barack-obama-administration-has-both_2161233.png)
![“The Tsarnaev brothers, the elder brother made a public call to jihad and the [Barack] Obama administration didn't target it.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/ted-cruz-487_administration_the-tsarnaev-brothers-the-elder-brother_1818569.png)
![“ISIS is gaining strength because the perception is that they're winning. And President [Barack] Obama fuels that perception.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/ted-cruz-487_barack_isis-is-gaining-strength-because-the-per_1178019.png)
![“This man [Barack Obama] does not have the interests of our country. That's not his agenda. His agenda is to bring us down to a third-world country.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/ted-cruz-487_agenda_this-man-barack-obama-does-not-have-the_431711.png)
![“President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton are proposing bringing tens of thousands of Syrian refugees to this country when the head of the FBI has told Congress they cannot vet those refugees.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/ted-cruz-487_barack_president-barack-obama-and-hillary-clint_1297228.png)
![“One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight Bill was that it gave President [Barack] Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees without mandating any background checks whatsoever. Now we've seen what happened in San Bernardino. When you are…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/ted-cruz-487_american-citizens_one-of-the-most-troubling-aspects-of-the_1869539.jpg)
![“Nidal Hasan communicated with Anwar al-Awlaki, a known radical cleric, asked about waging jihad against his fellow soldiers. The problem is because of political correctness, the [Barack] Obama administration, like a lot of folks here, want to search everyone's cell phones and e-mails and not focus…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/386/ted-cruz-487_administration_nidal-hasan-communicated-with-anwar-al-a_3126692.png)
![“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/quotes/i/292/ted-cruz-487_america_i-believe-in-a-america-first-foreign-pol_2606987.jpg)
![“We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorists as long as we have a president [Barack Obama] unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorists'.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/ted-cruz-487_barack_we-will-not-defeat-radical-islamic-terro_2188069.png)
![“The [Barack] Obama administration wants to take our rights to keep and bear arms away from us. They are trying to take our God, and our gun. And if they do that, they can impose a dictatorship upon us.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/ted-cruz-487_administration_the-barack-obama-administration-wants-to_2018335.png)
![“I can tell you is all nine of the people here [on debates] would make an infinitely better commander in chief than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/ted-cruz-487_barack_i-can-tell-you-is-all-nine-of-the-people_1718609.png)
![“You know what the [Barack] Obama administration keeps getting wrong is whenever anything bad happens they focus on law-abiding citizens instead of focusing on the bad guys.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/ted-cruz-487_abiding_you-know-what-the-barack-obama-administr_1459982.png)
![“It's not a lack of competence that is preventing the [Barack] Obama administration from stopping these attacks. It is political correctness. We didn't monitor the Facebook posting of the female San Bernardino terrorist. She made a public call to jihad, and they didn't target it.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/ted-cruz-487_administration_it-s-not-a-lack-of-competence-that-is-pr_2254749.png)
![“The specific question was visa overstays.Current federal law requires a biometric exit-entry system when you come in on a visa. And the [Barack] Obama administration is just ignoring federal law. Forty percent of illegal immigration is not people who cross the borders illegally. It's people who…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/ted-cruz-487_administration_the-specific-question-was-visa-overstays_1361075.jpg)
![“One of the problems with Marco's [Rubio] foreign policy is he has far too often supported Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama undermining governments in the Middle East that have helped radical Islamic terrorists.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/ted-cruz-487_barack_one-of-the-problems-with-marco-s-rubio-f_1884448.png)
![“We keep hearing from [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton and Washington Republicans that they're searching for these mythical moderate rebels. It's like a purple unicorn. They never exist. These moderate rebels end up being jihadists.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/103/ted-cruz-487_barack_we-keep-hearing-from-barack-obama-and-hi_1216054.png)
![“We need to learn from history. These same leaders - [Barack] Obama, [Hillary] Clinton, and far too many Republicans - want to topple [Bashar] Assad. Assad is a bad man. Gadhafi was a bad man. Mubarak had a terrible human rights record. But they were assisting us - at least [Muammar] Gadhafi and…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/ted-cruz-487_assad_we-need-to-learn-from-history-these-same_3228031.png)
![“Move over to Egypt. Once again, the [Barack] Obama administration, encouraged by Republicans, toppled [Hosni] Mubarak who had been a reliable ally of the United States, of Israel, and in its place, [Mohamed] Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood came in, a terrorist organization.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/ted-cruz-487_administration_move-over-to-egypt-once-again-the-barack_924371.jpg)
![“The very first day that President [Barack] Obama was inaugurated, his first act as a president was to rescind that ban on third-trimester abortions. And he's even carried it further. Now, even if the baby is born alive, they have the right to kill that baby. It is an abomination.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/ted-cruz-487_abomination_the-very-first-day-that-president-barack_2173058.png)
![“We're looking at a president [Barack Obama] who's engaged in double-speak where he doesn't call radical Islamic terrorism by its name. Indeed, he gives a speech after the San Bernardino attack where his approach is to try to go after the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens rather than to…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/ted-cruz-487_abiding_we-re-looking-at-a-president-barack-obam_2374064.png)
![“President [Barack] Obama has talked about fundamentally transforming this country. There's 7 billion people across the face of the globe, many of whom want to come to this country. If they come legally, great. But if they come illegally and they get amnesty, that is how we fundamentally change…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/ted-cruz-487_amnesty_president-barack-obama-has-talked-about_1045001.png)