That's what actually caused me to run for office is, you know, my family story, the experience of growing up in a… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If we were living back in 1789, your musket would be really useful in a military conflict. If you were called up… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I'm a constitutionalist. You know, does faith matter to me? Sure. But the beauty of the Constitution, the beauty of the First… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
My father fled Cuba, and I will fight to defend liberty because my family knows what it's like to lose it. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If you want to beat Donald Trump, you know, one of the clearest indications of who can beat Trump is Donald spends… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Marco Rubio was fighting to grant amnesty and not to secure the border, I was fighting to secure the border. And this… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I don't know that I'm in a position to give campaign advice to Donald Trump, given that he just whipped me in… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We need the private sector's help, because government is not innovating. Technology is running ahead by leaps and bound. The private sector… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I would note that the scripture tells us, "you shall know them by their fruit." We see lots of "campaign conservatives." But… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
You know flexibility is a good thing but it shouldn't - you shouldn't be flexible on core principles. — 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
In a Republican primary every candidate is going to come in front of you and say I'm the most conservative guy that… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Do you know how many aliens Bill Clinton deported? 12 million. Do you know how many illegal aliens, George W. Bush deported?… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
You know, back in the '70s — I remember the '70s, we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
But you know what? There's far more pain involved in rolling over, far more pain in hiding. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Since there are no absolutes, when it's convenient, you change the rules. Do we know any politicians that have done that? — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
A very good friend of mine spent a fair amount of time doing postmortems and met with a number of the senior… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If you love our country and love your children as much as I know that you do, stand and speak and vote… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
He [Donald Trump] said in the debate - he said, gosh, I'm being audited for two years. Then he said three years.… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If we have a biometric exit-entry system, we know on the day after six months has exceeded his visa.And with that exit-… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
It's just like calling homosexuals 'gays.' Gay means happy! You know, it's just to try to dilute it so that it becomes… — 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
Sometimes people try to give me advice going forward, and they say, "You know, you've just got to work to be more… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Ben Carson seems pretty proud that he knows how big the Medicare budget is. All that money goes to the private sector,… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image