When people are motivated by principles larger than themselves, you don't have to beat them over the head to get them to… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Preventing people from illegally immigrating to the United States should be the primary purpose of Customs and Border Protection. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
There's an old joke that politics is Hollywood for ugly people. An awful lot of the press coverage about Washington reads like… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If you hate the Jewish people, you are not reflecting the teachings of Christ. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If you look on the Republican side, the two Republicans who have most energized young people in modern times are Ronald Reagan… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I think the people who have been finding it harder and harder to feed their kids - the young people who are… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Whatever the history of U.S. intervention in Iraq, our priorities now should be to protect our people and defend our national security… — 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
The single best thing we can do is expand competition. Let people purchase health insurance across state lines. If you want to… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father. That was not a blanket… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
There's a real danger when people get distracted by peripheral issues. They get distracted by democracy building. They get distracted about military… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The people who suffer in the Obama economy have been young people, African Americans, Hispanics, single moms. — 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
If there's not a message that people care about, they're not going to work on the campaign. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If you can stitch together that kind of coalition with young people, bringing together conservatives and evangelicals - and I will tell… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We're seeing is young people who are optimistic, who want a future, want our constitutional rights, are coming to our campaign. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The proper way to make policy decisions under our Constitution in America is for the people to do so through the democratic… — 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
There's a lot of despair in the USA. Young people are afraid for the future. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
What is deemed "unlikeable" in Washington is actually standing up to Washington and saying no, saying "The emperor has no clothes," saying… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Nidal Hasan communicated with Anwar al-Awlaki, a known radical cleric, asked about waging jihad against his fellow soldiers. The problem is because… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I think too many politicians are not listening to the men and women they represent, and if we're going to change 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