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title: "29 Knows Quotes By Ted Cruz"
description: "29 Knows quotes by Ted Cruz. Plus more from Ted Cruz and more Knows sayings from other authors."
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> [I know very much what I believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-know-very-much-what-i-believe/)

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

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> [But you know what? There's far more pain involved in rolling over, far more pain in hiding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/but-you-know-what-there-s-far-more-pain-involved-in-rolling-over-far/)

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

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> [You know flexibility is a good thing but it shouldn't - you shouldn't be flexible on core principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/you-know-flexibility-is-a-good-thing-but-it-shouldn-t-you-shouldn-t/)

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

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> [Since there are no absolutes, when it's convenient, you change the rules. Do we know any politicians that have done that?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/since-there-are-no-absolutes-when-it-s-convenient-you-change-the/)

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

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> [I don't know that I'm in a position to give campaign advice to Donald Trump, given that he just whipped me in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-don-t-know-that-i-m-in-a-position-to-give-campaign-advice-to-donald/)

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

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> [My father fled Cuba, and I will fight to defend liberty because my family knows what it's like to lose it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/my-father-fled-cuba-and-i-will-fight-to-defend-liberty-because-my/)

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

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> [You know, back in the '70s — I remember the '70s, we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/you-know-back-in-the-70s-i-remember-the-70s-we-were-told-there-was/)

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

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> [Sometimes people try to give me advice going forward, and they say, "You know, you've just got to work to be more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/sometimes-people-try-to-give-me-advice-going-forward-and-they-say-you/)

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

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> [I endeavor to shine a light on what's happening behind closed doors in the back-door deal making that so many Americans understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-endeavor-to-shine-a-light-on-what-s-happening-behind-closed-doors/)

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

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> [ I believe you \[Donald Trump\] know politicians better than I do because for 40 years you've been funding liberal Democratic politicians. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-believe-you-donald-trump-know-politicians-better-than-i-do-because/)

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

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> [The left keeps talking about impeachment. I mean, they were talking about impeachment before Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017. And, you know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/the-left-keeps-talking-about-impeachment-i-mean-they-were-talking/)

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

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> [ You know what the \[Barack\] Obama administration keeps getting wrong is whenever anything bad happens they focus on law-abiding citizens instead of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/you-know-what-the-barack-obama-administration-keeps-getting-wrong-is/)

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

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> [Ben Carson seems pretty proud that he knows how big the Medicare budget is. All that money goes to the private sector,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/ben-carson-seems-pretty-proud-that-he-knows-how-big-the-medicare/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [He has attempted to muddy the waters, but I think anyone that watched the battle that we had - you know, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/he-has-attempted-to-muddy-the-waters-but-i-think-anyone-that-watched/)

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

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> [I would note that the scripture tells us, "you shall know them by their fruit." We see lots of "campaign conservatives." But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-would-note-that-the-scripture-tells-us-you-shall-know-them-by-their/)

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

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> [We need the private sector's help, because government is not innovating. Technology is running ahead by leaps and bound. The private sector…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/we-need-the-private-sector-s-help-because-government-is-not/)

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

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> [If we were living back in 1789, your musket would be really useful in a military conflict. If you were called up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/if-we-were-living-back-in-1789-your-musket-would-be-really-useful-in/)

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

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> [I think primary voters have a right to know. And Donald's Trump excuse of it that he's being audited, look, that makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-think-primary-voters-have-a-right-to-know-and-donald-s-trump-excuse/)

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

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> [ He \[Donald Trump\] said in the debate - he said, gosh, I'm being audited for two years. Then he said three years.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/he-donald-trump-said-in-the-debate-he-said-gosh-i-m-being-audited-for/)

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

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> [It's just like calling homosexuals 'gays.' Gay means happy! You know, it's just to try to dilute it so that it becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/it-s-just-like-calling-homosexuals-gays-gay-means-happy-you-know-it-s/)

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

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> [A very good friend of mine spent a fair amount of time doing postmortems and met with a number of the senior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/a-very-good-friend-of-mine-spent-a-fair-amount-of-time-doing/)

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

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> [I'm a constitutionalist. You know, does faith matter to me? Sure. But the beauty of the Constitution, the beauty of the First…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-m-a-constitutionalist-you-know-does-faith-matter-to-me-sure-but-the/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [If we have a biometric exit-entry system, we know on the day after six months has exceeded his visa.And with that exit-…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/if-we-have-a-biometric-exit-entry-system-we-know-on-the-day-after-six/)

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

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> [That's what actually caused me to run for office is, you know, my family story, the experience of growing up in a…](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/)

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> [Do you know how many aliens Bill Clinton deported? 12 million. Do you know how many illegal aliens, George W. Bush deported?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/do-you-know-how-many-aliens-bill-clinton-deported-12-million-do-you/)

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

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> [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/)

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## Other authors on Knows

## 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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