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The First Amendment is highlighted as a shield for religious freedom. Cruz stresses that politicians should keep their word and be honest, especially on border security and economic opportunity. He also warns that data can be twisted, and that leaders sometimes ignore court rulings.

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Political correctness is bad.

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Washington D.C. politics is like Hollywood for ugly people.

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What animates me in politics are the economic issues of opportunity.

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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.

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What I've tried to do in politics is two very simple things: tell the truth and do what I said I would…

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Liberty is never safer than when politicans are terrified.

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I do not believe we should shut down the federal government.

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You don't hear me lambasting, engaging in personal attacks, getting nasty. I don't think that belongs in politics.

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Any time some politician tells you it's not about the money, it's about the money.

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How do we get America back to work? President Obama thinks the answer is more and more government. Government is not the…

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You can use data wrong. It's just like polling. There have been a lot of politicians who go conduct a poll to…

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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.

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One of the specific powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to secure the borders. Property can be taken with due…

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I am perfectly happy to compromise whether it's with Democrats or anybody else, as long as we're reducing the size of government.

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Fifty-five years ago, when my dad was a penniless teenager, thank God some well-meaning bureaucrat didn't put his arm around him and…

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If you're campaigning against ObamaCare, but you're also having to defend yourself for closing the government, that seems to take away the…

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The Court is making the preposterous assumption that the People of the United States somehow silently redefined marriage in 1868 when they…

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One of biggest lies in politics is the lie that Republicans are the party of big business. Big business does great with…

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The Obama administration came into Utah and said, 'We're not going to listen to what the U.S. Supreme Court said. 'We, the…

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I think President Obama is the most radical president this nation's ever seen. And in particular, I think he is a true…

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Three of the last four [elections], '06, '08, and '12, were disastrous for Republicans. And they were years in which we just…

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The First Amendment exists to protect our religious liberty--to ensure that all Americans are able to seek out worship God with all…

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Let's go back to the beginning of the Obama administration, when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama led NATO in toppling the government…

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I'm not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate. Given the choice between being reviled…

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We're seeing so many people come around and say, "Listen, we want a real conservative. We don't want a Washington dealmaker who…

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Keep government out of the money of the people, schools of the people, and will of the people.

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Net Neutrality' is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.

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I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.

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I believe everyone here has a right to speak out on politics as effectively as possible.

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In the 13 months I've been in the Senate, it has become apparent to me the single thing that Republican politicians hate…

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I'm a big believer that good policy is good politics. And so, when it comes to making decisions on policy issues, what…

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I don't think it's government's job to find health care for people. I think it's the individual's job to find health care.

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I don't think the federal government has any business keeping a list of law-abiding Americans who exercise their constitutional right to keep…

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Climate change is the perfect pseudoscientific theory for a big government politician who wants more power. Why? Because it is a theory…

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We're all aware that Hillary Clinton has a problem with the truth. Even among politicians, and that does not make her unique…

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If you're looking for someone to go to Washington, to go along to get along, to get - to agree with the…

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People are fed up. They are fed up with what's happening in Washington. They are fed up with both parties. They are…

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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?

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One of the problems in Washington is there are far too many politicians who desperately just want to get re-elected.

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How do we turn our nation around? President Obama thinks the answer is more and more government. Government is not the answer.…

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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 family where…

When you subpoena one pastor, you subpoena every pastor.

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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…