--- title: "22 Candidates Quotes By Ted Cruz" description: "22 Candidates quotes by Ted Cruz. Plus more from Ted Cruz and more Candidates sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/ted-cruz-487_candidates_i-think-president-s-candidates-need-shoc_2734643.png" --- > [I think President's candidates need shock collars or something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-think-president-s-candidates-need-shock-collars-or-something/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/ted-cruz-487_candidates_i-think-president-s-candidates-need-shoc_2734643.png) > [If you see a candidate that Washington embraces, run and hide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/if-you-see-a-candidate-that-washington-embraces-run-and-hide/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/ted-cruz-487_candidate_if-you-see-a-candidate-that-washington-e_3145025.png) > [Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/far-too-many-candidates-wear-their-faith-on-their-sleeve/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/ted-cruz-487_candidates_far-too-many-candidates-wear-their-faith_2042631.png) > [Every candidate is going to come to you and say they are the most conservative person that ever lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/every-candidate-is-going-to-come-to-you-and-say-they-are-the-most/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/ted-cruz-487_candidate_every-candidate-is-going-to-come-to-you_2602576.png) > [ I think many of the mainstream media players are liberal Democrats. They intend to vote for Hillary \[Clinton\]. They believed Donald \[Trump\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-think-many-of-the-mainstream-media-players-are-liberal-democrats/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ac/ted-cruz-487_beats_i-think-many-of-the-mainstream-media-pla_1154212.png) > [If you want a candidate who is led the fight against Obamacare, who will lift the burdens on small businesses and bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/if-you-want-a-candidate-who-is-led-the-fight-against-obamacare-who/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/ted-cruz-487_burden_if-you-want-a-candidate-who-is-led-the-f_3221409.png) > [ It's really remarkable to see two candidates,\[Donald\] Trump and \[Marco\] Rubio, making things up and putting things out for which there is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/it-s-really-remarkable-to-see-two-candidates-donald-trump-and-marco/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/ted-cruz-487_bases_it-s-really-remarkable-to-see-two-candid_2830497.png) > [My focus is not on any one particular election or any one particular candidate. My focus is on the issues and policy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/my-focus-is-not-on-any-one-particular-election-or-any-one-particular/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/224/ted-cruz-487_candidate_my-focus-is-not-on-any-one-particular-el_2707548.png) > [About 65 percent of Republicans believe that Donald Trump is not the best candidate to go head to head with Hillary Clinton.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/about-65-percent-of-republicans-believe-that-donald-trump-is-not-the/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d41/ted-cruz-487_believe_about-65-percent-of-republicans-believe_627886.png) > [I do think we should be focused on substance and record. If you want a candidate who opposes amnesty, who opposes citizenship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-do-think-we-should-be-focused-on-substance-and-record-if-you-want-a/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/ted-cruz-487_amnesty_i-do-think-we-should-be-focused-on-subst_1614154.png) > [If you love our country and love your children as much as I know that you do, stand and speak and vote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/if-you-love-our-country-and-love-your-children-as-much-as-i-know-that/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/ted-cruz-487_and-love_if-you-love-our-country-and-love-your-ch_2241487.png) > [For anyone who doesn't believe that Donald Trump is the best candidate to go head to head with Hillary Clinton in November,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/for-anyone-who-doesn-t-believe-that-donald-trump-is-the-best/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/ted-cruz-487_beaten_for-anyone-who-doesn-t-believe-that-dona_1955395.png) > [Marco Rubio was fighting to grant amnesty and not to secure the border, I was fighting to secure the border. And this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/marco-rubio-was-fighting-to-grant-amnesty-and-not-to-secure-the/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/ted-cruz-487_american-people_marco-rubio-was-fighting-to-grant-amnest_535313.jpg) > [I think if you're at home and you don't want Donald Trump to be the Republican nominee, then the only candidate who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-think-if-you-re-at-home-and-you-don-t-want-donald-trump-to-be-the/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/ted-cruz-487_beats_i-think-if-you-re-at-home-and-you-don-t_1562955.png) > [We are the only campaign that has beaten Donald Trump. And we're the only candidate that can beat Donald Trump. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/we-are-the-only-campaign-that-has-beaten-donald-trump-and-we-re-the/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/ted-cruz-487_beaten_we-are-the-only-campaign-that-has-beaten_2032899.jpg) > [It is my hope that all of the Republicans who recognize that nominating a candidate who agrees with Hillary Clinton on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/it-is-my-hope-that-all-of-the-republicans-who-recognize-that/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/ted-cruz-487_agree_it-is-my-hope-that-all-of-the-republican_48248.jpg) > [ I introduced bill saying we need more security, we need more scrutiny. Once again, Marco \[Rubio\] opposed this. So Marco can't have… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-introduced-bill-saying-we-need-more-security-we-need-more-scrutiny/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/ted-cruz-487_bills_i-introduced-bill-saying-we-need-more-se_1191801.png) > [If you want a candidate to defend life and marriage and religious liberty and the Second Amendment and to appoint strong constitutionalists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/if-you-want-a-candidate-to-defend-life-and-marriage-and-religious/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/ted-cruz-487_amendments_if-you-want-a-candidate-to-defend-life-a_3232476.jpg) > [For most of his life, Donald Trump has described himself as very pro- choice and as a supporter of partial birth abortion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/for-most-of-his-life-donald-trump-has-described-himself-as-very-pro/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/ted-cruz-487_abortion_for-most-of-his-life-donald-trump-has-de_1764748.jpg) > [In a Republican primary every candidate is going to come in front of you and say I'm the most conservative guy that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/in-a-republican-primary-every-candidate-is-going-to-come-in-front-of/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a8/ted-cruz-487_candidates_in-a-republican-primary-every-candidate_1530994.jpg) > [What we saw with both Donald Trump and Marco Rubio, that their response, whenever you point to anything in their record, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/what-we-saw-with-both-donald-trump-and-marco-rubio-that-their/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/ted-cruz-487_approach_what-we-saw-with-both-donald-trump-and-m_2916792.png) > [If you want to beat Donald Trump, you know, one of the clearest indications of who can beat Trump is Donald spends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/if-you-want-to-beat-donald-trump-you-know-one-of-the-clearest/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/ted-cruz-487_attacking_if-you-want-to-beat-donald-trump-you-kno_452752.png) ## Other authors on Candidates ## More by Ted Cruz > [I was born in Cuba. At the age of 14 years of age I was involved in a revolution. We were suffering from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-was-born-in-cuba-at-the-age-of-14-years-of-age-i-was-involved-in-a/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/donald-trump-has-opened-politically-correct-enforcement-up-wide-he-s/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-get-that-the-media-wants-us-to-play-theater-critics-and-critique/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/we-need-to-remain-a-nation-that-doesn-t-just-welcome-but-that/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [Donald Trump threatened to file a defamation suit against me for running a TV ad that consisted only entirely of his own words on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/donald-trump-threatened-to-file-a-defamation-suit-against-me-for/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [The immigrant experience of all of us is what makes us Americans, because we value in our DNA liberty and opportunity above all else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/the-immigrant-experience-of-all-of-us-is-what-makes-us-americans/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/the-first-amendment-exists-to-protect-our-religious-liberty-to-ensure/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [It is my hope that all of the Republicans who recognize that nominating a candidate who agrees with Hillary Clinton on a host of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/it-is-my-hope-that-all-of-the-republicans-who-recognize-that/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [The Senate Majority Leader has the unilateral ability to stand up and say, 'If you defy Congress, if you defy the Constitution, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/the-senate-majority-leader-has-the-unilateral-ability-to-stand-up-and/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/you-can-t-get-to-a-balanced-budget-and-begin-to-pay-down-debt-and/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/that-s-what-actually-caused-me-to-run-for-office-is-you-know-my/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [When you subpoena one pastor, you subpoena every pastor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/when-you-subpoena-one-pastor-you-subpoena-every-pastor/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/one-of-the-things-we-ve-seen-here-is-how-easy-it-is-for-barack-obama/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [Imagine a legal immigration system that welcomes and celebrates those who come to achieve the American dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/imagine-a-legal-immigration-system-that-welcomes-and-celebrates-those/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/the-court-follows-elite-opinion-not-public-opinion-and-democratic/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/candidates/ted-cruz/#itemlist", "name": "22 Candidates Quotes By Ted Cruz", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think President's candidates need shock collars or something.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ted Cruz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-think-president-s-candidates-need-shock-collars-or-something/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/ted-cruz-487_candidates_i-think-president-s-candidates-need-shoc_2734643.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/ted-cruz-487_candidates_i-think-president-s-candidates-need-shoc_2734643.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/ted-cruz-487_candidates_i-think-president-s-candidates-need-shoc_2734643.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think President's candidates need shock collars or something.” — Ted Cruz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you see a candidate that Washington embraces, run and hide.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ted Cruz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/if-you-see-a-candidate-that-washington-embraces-run-and-hide/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/ted-cruz-487_candidate_if-you-see-a-candidate-that-washington-e_3145025.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/ted-cruz-487_candidate_if-you-see-a-candidate-that-washington-e_3145025.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/ted-cruz-487_candidate_if-you-see-a-candidate-that-washington-e_3145025.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you see a candidate that Washington embraces, run and hide.” — Ted Cruz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ted Cruz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/far-too-many-candidates-wear-their-faith-on-their-sleeve/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/ted-cruz-487_candidates_far-too-many-candidates-wear-their-faith_2042631.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/ted-cruz-487_candidates_far-too-many-candidates-wear-their-faith_2042631.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/ted-cruz-487_candidates_far-too-many-candidates-wear-their-faith_2042631.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.” — Ted Cruz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every candidate is going to come to you and say they are the most conservative person that ever lived.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ted Cruz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/every-candidate-is-going-to-come-to-you-and-say-they-are-the-most/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/ted-cruz-487_candidate_every-candidate-is-going-to-come-to-you_2602576.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/ted-cruz-487_candidate_every-candidate-is-going-to-come-to-you_2602576.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/ted-cruz-487_candidate_every-candidate-is-going-to-come-to-you_2602576.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every candidate is going to come to you and say they are the most conservative person that ever lived.” — Ted Cruz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think many of the mainstream media players are liberal Democrats. 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