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title: "4 Checks Quotes By Ted Cruz"
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> [We are still a nation of laws. You just have to check with Barack Obama every day to see what they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/we-are-still-a-nation-of-laws-you-just-have-to-check-with-barack/)

[Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/ted-cruz-487_barack_we-are-still-a-nation-of-laws-you-just-h_402008.png)

> [Everyone seems to have internalized the fact that you can say anything you want at a televised debate, and only a tiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/everyone-seems-to-have-internalized-the-fact-that-you-can-say/)

[Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/ted-cruz-487_audience_everyone-seems-to-have-internalized-the_556926.png)

> [What I put forward was an amendment that would have temporarily halted immigration from high-risk terrorist countries, but would have started it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/what-i-put-forward-was-an-amendment-that-would-have-temporarily/)

[Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/ted-cruz-487_amendment_what-i-put-forward-was-an-amendment-that_1480613.png)

> [ One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight Bill was that it gave President \[Barack\] Obama blanket authority… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/one-of-the-most-troubling-aspects-of-the-rubio-schumer-gang-of-eight/)

[Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/)

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## Other authors on Checks

## 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/)

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