We are still a nation of laws. You just have to check with Barack Obama every day to see what they are. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The president doesn't have the authority to change the law or ignore the law, and that's what Obama tried to do. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
On issue after issue, the Obama Administration has openly ignored, defied, and unilaterally tried to change the law. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The reason the Constitution gives judges life tenure is so they can be independent of political pressures and follow the law. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
What the USA Freedom Act did is it did two things. Number one, it ended the federal government's bulk collection of phone… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
One of the specific powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to secure the borders. Property can be taken with due… — 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
Washington wants ObamaCare, the people want freedom. Washington wants amnesty, the people want rule of law. Washington wants power over the internet,… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
What Obama did wrong with executive power is he tried to change the law. He tried to ignore the law. And under… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We don't have storm troopers that just knock on the door of every American citizen. We don't do that for any crime.… — 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
I believe we should follow the text of every law, even (a) law I disagree with, it's one of the real differences… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The court follows elite opinion, not public opinion. And Democratic leaders in Congress and Republican leaders in Congress follow elite opinion as… — 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
The Obama administration came into Utah and said, 'We're not going to listen to what the U.S. Supreme Court said. 'We, the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We're looking at a president [Barack Obama] who's engaged in double-speak where he doesn't call radical Islamic terrorism by its name. Indeed,… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I appreciate the good work that senators in both parties have put into trying to fix our broken immigration system. There are… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I've laid out a very, very detailed immigration plan on my website, tedcruz.org. It's 11 pages of existing federal law and in… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Protecting life is a value that matters. Whether it is stopping partial birth abortion which I think is a barbarism. Or whether… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
What I endeavor to do is shine a light on what happens at the court, both as a law clerk and then… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The USA Freedom Act expands that so now we have cell phones, now we have Internet phones, now we have the phones… — 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
The specific question was visa overstays.Current federal law requires a biometric exit-entry system when you come in on a visa. And the… — 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
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