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Ted Cruz

(1970) Politician United States

523 quotes in 2133 categories

Cruz’s 523 statements cut straight to the heart of political debate, blending firm conviction with a clear rhetorical style. His words resonate with those who follow the pulse of American governance.

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Ted Cruz is a politician from the United States, best known for One Vote Away.

Quick Facts About Ted Cruz

Born: December 22, 1970
Nationality: United States
Profession: Politician
Notable works: One Vote Away
Spouse: Heidi Cruz

About Ted Cruz

Rafael Edward Cruz is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz was the solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008. Since 2025, Cruz has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Ted Cruz

What I believe is that we should defend life.

Believe

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We are the change we're waiting for.

Change

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I don’t think I’m all that conservative.

Conservative

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Religious liberty should be a bipartisan issue.

Bipartisan

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I'm a fan of Jeb Bush's.

Bush

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I will fight to defend liberty.

Defend

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Political correctness is bad.

Correctness

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The whole world's on fire.

Fire

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A lot of my colleagues actually yell and curse at each other. I don't do that.

Colleagues

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What Obamacare does is decreases choices and drives up cost.

Choices

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We need to be focused on defeating radical Islamic terrorists.

Focused

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I promise you, Donald [Trump], there's nothing about you that makes anyone nervous.

Donald trump

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I love Texans. And Texas is clearly the crown jewel of Super Tuesday.

Crown jewels

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Let me tell you, communism does not work! Socialism does not work!

Capitalism

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

Hollywood

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Start being biblically correct, instead of politically correct.

Correctness

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If we topple [Bashar] Assad, the result will be ISIS will take over Syria, and it will worsen U.S. national security interests.

Assad

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If you want a candidate who is led the fight against Obamacare, who will lift the burdens on small businesses and bring…

Burden

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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…

Believe

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I am where a great many voters are, which is that I am listening and watching and coming to a decision.

Decision

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I'm very proud to have joined with conservatives in both the Senate and the House to reform how we target bad guys.

Bad guy

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In the Second Amendment, it's not about hunting, it's not about target shooting, it's about protecting your home and your family and…

Amendment

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By statute, Congress has given the president the authority to suspend immigration - any class of immigration if he deems it in…

Authority

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Socialism has been an abject failure across the face of the globe, millions have suffered under socialism, and yet we're not doing…

Capitalism

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I introduced bill saying we need more security, we need more scrutiny. Once again, Marco [Rubio] opposed this. So Marco can't have…

Bills

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I think that is why we're seeing conservatives uniting behind our campaign, because I have a proven record as a consistent conservative…

Behinds

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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…

America

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The Obama administration has abused the executive power, enforcing Common Core on the states. It has used race to the top fans…

Common

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It is my hope that all of the Republicans who recognize that nominating a candidate who agrees with Hillary Clinton on a…

Agree

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We are the only campaign that has beaten Donald Trump. And we're the only candidate that can beat Donald Trump. If you…

Beaten

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We should protect life but I'm not interested in anything that restricts birth control. And I'm not interested in anything that restricts…

Birth

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Going to school on a campus where the faculty overwhelmingly disagrees with you, and where the student body overwhelmingly disagrees with you,…

Believe

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I looked at the pilgrims coming to America. In their first year, they decided to try a communist experiment. And the first…

America

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Let me say something at the outset. The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American…

American people

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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…

Can do

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There are millions of peaceful Muslims across the world, in countries like India, where there is not the problems we are seeing…

Als

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I was born in Cuba. At the age of 14 years of age I was involved in a revolution. We were suffering…

Age

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The Democrats are angry, and they're out of their minds. You know, we're seeing in the Senate, the Senate Democrats objecting to…

American people

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I will sing their praises, I'll sing Donald's [Trump] praises and Marco's [Rubio] praises and everybody else's praises. But I'm going to…

Focus

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If we look at it more from a philosophical standpoint, these foundations of atheism and secular humanism believe that you are your…

America

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