Country Quotes by Ted Cruz

I think we need to be fighting for the working men and women of this country, not the moneyed New York interests.

— Ted Cruz

Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country?

— Ted Cruz

Marco [Rubio] has opposed at every point increased security - border security for those who come to our country.

— Ted Cruz

I want more rules, more scrutiny, and to defend the country.

— Ted Cruz

In the history of humanity, there's never been a country like America.

— Ted Cruz

If we want to defend the country, we have to defend against who's coming in.

— 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…

— Ted Cruz

We need a consistent conservative, someone who has stood for free market principles, who has stood for the Constitution and, critically, who…

— Ted Cruz

This country is always changing. But my point about the Supreme Court is the Supreme Court didn't wait for the country to…

— Ted Cruz

Free enterprise system was born the second year the pilgrims were here. And of course, it has made America the most prosperous…

— Ted Cruz

I do believe, in the long term, we will either get back to the principles that built America or we lose this…

— Ted Cruz

I believe in a America first foreign policy, that far too often President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton - and, unfortunately, more…

— Ted Cruz

Every day, I come home with a spring in my step. We've got to work together to stop the Obama agenda and…

— Ted Cruz

I believe in the American people. It's - I believe in trusting them, I believe in empowering them, and I think, at…

— Ted Cruz

I think the debate was really some powerful moments of clarity. We saw that Donald Trump, substantively, has the same issues on…

— Ted Cruz

I introduced legislation in the Senate that I believe is more narrowly focused at the actual threat, which is radical Islamic terrorism,…

— Ted Cruz

There are millions of peaceful Muslims across the world, in countries like India, where there is not the problems we are seeing…

— Ted Cruz

I do think if we take the power out of Washington and bring it back to the people, if we defend the…

— Ted Cruz

We have 400,000 small businesses forming every year in this country. How great is that? They are employing themselves, they are potentially…

— Ted Cruz

I think the working men and women are getting hammered right now. They want someone they can trust to stand with them.…

— Ted Cruz

What I put forward was an amendment that would have temporarily halted immigration from high-risk terrorist countries, but would have started it…

— Ted Cruz

The grass roots are energized because the absolutely highest priority in the country in November is to defeat Barack Obama. I have…

— Ted Cruz

The issues that I think matter, that I think resonate with the voters are, No. 1, defending our freedoms, defending the Constitution…

— Ted Cruz

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

If you love our country and love your children as much as I know that you do, stand and speak and vote…

— Ted Cruz

You look across this country people are fed up with Washington. This [2016] election was the American people saying, enough already with…

— Ted Cruz

Any country that makes U.S. service members get on their knees will feel the full force and fury of the United States…

— Ted Cruz

President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton are proposing bringing tens of thousands of Syrian refugees to this country when the head of…

— Ted Cruz

I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.

— Ted Cruz

We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty…

— Ted Cruz

I offer myself as a leader to the people of this country because I think they're looking for solutions, not lawyers arguing…

— Ted Cruz

Instead of being a Woodrow Wilson democracy promoter we ought to hunt down our enemies and kill ISIS rather than creating opportunities…

— Ted Cruz

Millions of Americans are standing up and saying, 'We want our country back!' Republicans, Democrats, Independents, will not go down the path…

— Ted Cruz

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

I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. Do…

— Ted Cruz

Obamacare is the nation's biggest job killer and stands in the way of our country's economic growth and prosperity. It should be…

— Ted Cruz

It has been suggested that those of us who are fighting to defend liberty - fighting to turn around the out-of-control spending…

— Ted Cruz

Two-thirds of Americans think our kids will have a worse life than we did. That is a powerful indication we are on…

— Ted Cruz

If the Republican Party stands for individual liberty, if we defend the Bill of Rights, if we stand for keeping this country…

— Ted Cruz