If the problem is Washington is corrupt, why on Earth would you want to give more power to Washington? — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it? — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Young people want someone to tell them the truth. They want to be inspired. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I want you to take a good, hard look at me, America, because this is exactly what you’ve got coming. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If we want to defend the country, we have to defend against who's coming in. — 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… — 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
The American people want jobs and economic growth. Congress is doing nothing to provide that. The American people want their constitutional liberties… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If you want a candidate who is led the fight against Obamacare, who will lift the burdens on small businesses and bring… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
ISIS says they want to go back and reject modernity? Well, I think we should help them. We ought to bomb them… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I recognize that folks in the press love to see Republican-on-Republican violence, and so you want me to say something bad about… — 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
Climate change is the perfect pseudoscientific theory for a big government politician who wants more power. Why? Because it is a theory… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If you want a candidate to defend life and marriage and religious liberty and the Second Amendment and to appoint strong constitutionalists… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I think what Republicans want is someone who will stand up and lead, who will take on the great challenges of the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I'll tell you whose view on [Bashar] Assad is the same as mine. It's Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu. Prime Minister Netanyahu has… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I introduced bill saying we need more security, we need more scrutiny. Once again, Marco [Rubio] opposed this. So Marco can't have… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I think if you're at home and you don't want Donald Trump to be the Republican nominee, then the only candidate who… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We're seeing so many people come around and say, "Listen, we want a real conservative. We don't want a Washington dealmaker who… — 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 want to commend the men and women at CPAC. As activists fighting for liberty, fighting for the Constitution, y'all are incredibly… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
A very good friend of mine spent a fair amount of time doing postmortems and met with a number of the senior… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Brexit is the people of Britain who are fed up with the European Union dominating their lives, and they want accountability. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Everyone seems to have internalized the fact that you can say anything you want at a televised debate, and only a tiny… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
One of the problems in Washington is there are far too many politicians who desperately just want to get re-elected. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The [Barack] Obama administration wants to take our rights to keep and bear arms away from us. They are trying to take… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If you want someone to grab a beer with, I may not be that guy. But if you want someone to drive… — 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
Millions of Americans are standing up and saying, 'We want our country back!' Republicans, Democrats, Independents, will not go down the path… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The essence of the conservative message should be we want a dynamic nation where anybody with nothing can achieve anything. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
It is very simple to be likeable in Washington. You just go along to get along. You just do what your leadership… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
On the Left, the best and brightest go into politics - Barack Obama is the epitome of the perfect leftist. On the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If you want to beat Donald Trump, you know, one of the clearest indications of who can beat Trump is Donald spends… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Marco [Rubio] made reference earlier to the litigation against Trump University. It's fraud case. I want you think about if this man… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I think the working men and women are getting hammered right now. They want someone they can trust to stand with them.… — 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
At the debate, Donald Trump backed off of his health care position for 20 years. For 20 years, he has agreed with… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We need to learn from history. These same leaders - [Barack] Obama, [Hillary] Clinton, and far too many Republicans - want to… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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… — Ted Cruz Copy Share
Imagine a legal immigration system that welcomes and celebrates those who come to achieve the American dream. — Ted Cruz Copy Share
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… — Ted Cruz Copy Share
![“I'll tell you whose view on [Bashar] Assad is the same as mine. It's Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu. Prime Minister Netanyahu has said Israel doesn't have a dog in that fight because Assad is a puppet of Iran, a Shia radical Islamic terrorist, but at the same time, Prime Minister Netanyahu…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/ted-cruz-487_assad_i-ll-tell-you-whose-view-on-bashar-assad_363189.png)
![“I introduced bill saying we need more security, we need more scrutiny. Once again, Marco [Rubio] opposed this. So Marco can't have it both ways. He thinks he wants to be this, "Oh, I'm great and strong on national defense." But he's the weakest of all the candidates on immigration. He is the one…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/ted-cruz-487_bills_i-introduced-bill-saying-we-need-more-se_1191801.png)
![“Nidal Hasan communicated with Anwar al-Awlaki, a known radical cleric, asked about waging jihad against his fellow soldiers. The problem is because of political correctness, the [Barack] Obama administration, like a lot of folks here, want to search everyone's cell phones and e-mails and not focus…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/386/ted-cruz-487_administration_nidal-hasan-communicated-with-anwar-al-a_3126692.png)
![“The [Barack] Obama administration wants to take our rights to keep and bear arms away from us. They are trying to take our God, and our gun. And if they do that, they can impose a dictatorship upon us.” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/ted-cruz-487_administration_the-barack-obama-administration-wants-to_2018335.png)
![“Marco [Rubio] made reference earlier to the litigation against Trump University. It's fraud case. I want you think about if this man is the nominee, having the Republican nominee on the stand in court being cross examined about whether he committed fraud. You don't think the mainstream media will…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8c/ted-cruz-487_cases_marco-rubio-made-reference-earlier-to-th_3162768.png)
![“We need to learn from history. These same leaders - [Barack] Obama, [Hillary] Clinton, and far too many Republicans - want to topple [Bashar] Assad. Assad is a bad man. Gadhafi was a bad man. Mubarak had a terrible human rights record. But they were assisting us - at least [Muammar] Gadhafi and…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/ted-cruz-487_assad_we-need-to-learn-from-history-these-same_3228031.png)