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title: "53 Politics Quotes By Ted Cruz"
description: "Ted Cruz quotes on religious liberty, honesty, border security, economic opportunity, and data misuse."
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> [Political correctness is bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/political-correctness-is-bad/)

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

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> [What animates me in politics are the economic issues of opportunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/what-animates-me-in-politics-are-the-economic-issues-of-opportunity/)

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

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> [Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/mitt-romney-and-paul-ryan-understand-that-government-does-not-create/)

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

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> [Washington D.C. politics is like Hollywood for ugly people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/washington-d-c-politics-is-like-hollywood-for-ugly-people/)

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

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> [I believe everyone here has a right to speak out on politics as effectively as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-believe-everyone-here-has-a-right-to-speak-out-on-politics-as/)

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

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> [I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-think-most-americans-don-t-really-care-about-politicians-bickering/)

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

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> [Keep government out of the money of the people, schools of the people, and will of the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/keep-government-out-of-the-money-of-the-people-schools-of-the-people/)

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

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> [Any time some politician tells you it's not about the money, it's about the money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/any-time-some-politician-tells-you-it-s-not-about-the-money-it-s/)

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

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> [Net Neutrality' is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/net-neutrality-is-obamacare-for-the-internet-the-internet-should-not/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/climate-change-is-the-perfect-pseudoscientific-theory-for-a-big/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/we-re-all-aware-that-hillary-clinton-has-a-problem-with-the-truth/)

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

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-don-t-think-it-s-government-s-job-to-find-health-care-for-people-i/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-m-a-big-believer-that-good-policy-is-good-politics-and-so-when-it/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/in-the-13-months-i-ve-been-in-the-senate-it-has-become-apparent-to-me/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-don-t-think-the-federal-government-has-any-business-keeping-a-list/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/if-you-re-campaigning-against-obamacare-but-you-re-also-having-to/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/the-court-is-making-the-preposterous-assumption-that-the-people-of/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/we-re-seeing-so-many-people-come-around-and-say-listen-we-want-a-real/)

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

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> [We're seeing something fairly remarkable happen on the political train. We're seeing the Washington establishment abandoning Marco Rubio. I think they've made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/we-re-seeing-something-fairly-remarkable-happen-on-the-political/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-m-not-serving-in-office-because-i-desperately-needed-99-new-friends/)

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

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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…](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/)

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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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/three-of-the-last-four-elections-06-08-and-12-were-disastrous-for/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-think-president-obama-is-the-most-radical-president-this-nation-s/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/let-s-go-back-to-the-beginning-of-the-obama-administration-when/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/one-of-biggest-lies-in-politics-is-the-lie-that-republicans-are-the/)

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

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> [I do not believe we should shut down the federal government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-do-not-believe-we-should-shut-down-the-federal-government/)

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

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> [You don't hear me lambasting, engaging in personal attacks, getting nasty. I don't think that belongs in politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/you-don-t-hear-me-lambasting-engaging-in-personal-attacks-getting/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/what-i-ve-tried-to-do-in-politics-is-two-very-simple-things-tell-the/)

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

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> [Liberty is never safer than when politicans are terrified.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/liberty-is-never-safer-than-when-politicans-are-terrified/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/you-can-use-data-wrong-it-s-just-like-polling-there-have-been-a-lot/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/how-do-we-get-america-back-to-work-president-obama-thinks-the-answer/)

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

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/i-am-perfectly-happy-to-compromise-whether-it-s-with-democrats-or/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/one-of-the-specific-powers-and-responsibilities-of-the-federal/)

[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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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/fifty-five-years-ago-when-my-dad-was-a-penniless-teenager-thank-god/)

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

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> [Marxism requires that we destroy God, because government must become God. And the only way for government to become God is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/marxism-requires-that-we-destroy-god-because-government-must-become/)

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

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> [Hispanic unemployment is higher than the national average and when the federal government is killing small businesses and killing jobs it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/hispanic-unemployment-is-higher-than-the-national-average-and-when/)

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

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> [What the USA Freedom Act did is it did two things. Number one, it ended the federal government's bulk collection of phone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/what-the-usa-freedom-act-did-is-it-did-two-things-number-one-it-ended/)

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

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> [Politicians make promises and they don't do what they said they would do: the reason why so many politicians in Washington are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/politicians-make-promises-and-they-don-t-do-what-they-said-they-would/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/if-you-re-looking-for-someone-to-go-to-washington-to-go-along-to-get/)

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

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## 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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