Ted Cruz Quotes

Every day, I come home with a spring in my step. We've got to work together to stop the Obama agenda and take this country back.

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 say let me take care of you.

I will fight to defend liberty.

Donald Trump tweeted out to the world a quote allegedly from Senator Tom Coburn impugning my honesty. Within hours, Tom Coburn came out publicly and said, "That quote was an utter fabrication."

I want to empower farmers to expand their market share.

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

If the problem is Washington is corrupt, why on Earth would you want to give more power to Washington?

The Second Amendment was designed explicitly to protect weapons that would be useful in a military context.

We should be breaking down barriers, not building walls.

A debate actually is a policy issue but I will say this - gosh, if you guys ask one more mean question, I may have to leave the stage.

When Donald Trump is in trouble, he starts yelling, he starts screaming. He starts insulting. He starts cursing.

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

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

You don't have to solve every problem at once.

Twenty years from now if there is some obscure trivial pursuits question, I am confident I will be the answer.

You know, back in the '70s — I remember the '70s, we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem. And then that faded.

There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible. And not a one of them is as good.

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

Instead of being a Woodrow Wilson democracy promoter we ought to hunt down our enemies and kill ISIS rather than creating opportunities for ISIS to take control of new countries.

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

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

There is a better vision for our future: A return to freedom.

Remember the lessons of history - if we don't learn from history, we're bound to repeat it.

We need a president who is focused on defeating every single ISIS terrorist and protecting the homeland, which should be the first priority.

Mike Huckabee says the answer to our problems is to cure all diseases. I guess no one's thought of that before.

I feel quite confident there will never be a plane on the face of the Earth with my name on it.

I treat him [Donald Trump] as an entertainer. I laugh it off. It's like going to the circus and seeing the acrobats and the dancing bears. He's willing to say things that are patently false.

In Texas, we cook bacon a little differently than most folks...MACHINE-GUN BACON.

Of course, without God, there is no value to life. That leads to immorality, that leads to sexual abuse, and there is no hope.

I think our nation faces enormous challenges, and we need leaders who are willing to tell the truth and do the right thing regardless of the consequences.

You have a right to have a feather duster. If anyone breaks in, you can make sure they're really clean as they're robbing your house.

The immigrant experience of all of us is what makes us Americans, because we value in our DNA liberty and opportunity above all else.

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

I can tell you is all nine of the people here [on debates] would make an infinitely better commander in chief than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.

It is worth emphasizing that Iran released our hostages in 1981 the day Ronald Reagan was sworn into office.

On his [Marco Rubio] Gang of Eight bill, he would have liberalized immigration, but he did not - and he steadfastly opposed any new border security requirements for refugees or students.

We are not any safer through the bulk collection of all Americans' records.

ISIS is gaining strength because the perception is that they're winning. And President [Barack] Obama fuels that perception.

President Obama fuels that perception. That will change when militants across the globe see that when you join ISIS that you are giving up your life, you are signing your death warrant.

Every parent is wondering, how do we keep our kids safe? We need a commander in chief who does what Ronald Reagan did with communism, which is he set out a global strategy to defeat Soviet communism.

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 radical Islamic terrorism. They won't even call it by its name.

We need a president who stands up, number one, and says, we will defeat ISIS. And number two, says the greatest national security threat facing America is a nuclear Iran.

We need to be focused on defeating radical Islamic terrorists.

There's a real danger when people get distracted by peripheral issues. They get distracted by democracy building. They get distracted about military conflicts. We need to focus on defeating jihadism.

ISIS and Iran have declared war on America, and we need a commander in chief who will do everything necessary to keep our children safe.

The proper way to make policy decisions under our Constitution in America is for the people to do so through the democratic process.

Ronald Reagan reignited the American economy, rebuilt the Military, bankrupted the Soviet Union and defeated Soviet Communism. I will do the same thing.

What I am endeavoring to do is simply speak the truth, speak common-sense values, free market principles and the Constitution. For every question, the Constitution is my touchstone.

America has receded from the world. Today our friends and allies don't trust us. And our enemies don't fear us. I think we should get back, number one, to American leadership in the world.

It is profoundly troubling when you have Supreme Court justices not following their judicial oath. And taking the role of policy makers and legislators, rather than being judges.