Ted Cruz Quotes

I'm a fighter. I am passionate about what I believe. I've been passionate my whole life about the American Constitution.

If you want someone to grab a beer with, I may not be that guy. But if you want someone to drive you home, I will get the job done and I will get you home.

Lets us all have an open conversation about what this might mean if [Donald] Trump gets his way or how we might be able to adjust that and make American people safer.

We need to focus on radical Islamic terrorists and we need to stop them before they carry out acts of terror.

Any country that makes U.S. service members get on their knees will feel the full force and fury of the United States of America.

If I'm elected president, we will secure the border. We will triple the border patrol. We will build a wall that works and I'll get Donald Trump to pay for it.

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

ISIS and radical Islamic terrorism will face no more determined foe than I will be.

I have never supported legalization, and I do not intend to support legalization.

I've laid out a very, very detailed immigration plan on my website, tedcruz.org. It's 11 pages of existing federal law and in particular the question of what to do with people who are here now.

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

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

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.

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.

We need to be focused on defeating radical Islamic terrorists.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

The court doesn't follow public opinion. The court's views are radically out of step with public opinion.

Marco [Rubio] has opposed at every point increased security - border security for those who come to our country.

In fact, I think we're less safe. We get so distracted by all of the information, we're not spending enough time getting specific immigration - specific information on terrorists.

Marco [Rubio] has more of an allegiance to Chuck Schumer and to the liberals than he does to conservative policy.

This country is always changing. But my point about the Supreme Court is the Supreme Court didn't wait for the country to change. Five unelected lawyers overruled 320 million Americans.

The Tsarnaev brothers, the elder brother made a public call to jihad and the [Barack] Obama administration didn't target it.

The thing is, is that every terrorist attack we've had since 9/11 has been legal immigration.

Sometimes people try to give me advice going forward, and they say, "You know, you've just got to work to be more likeable in Washington." And I laugh and say, "You know this isn't rocket science.

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

The priority of leadership is what the lobbyists and giant corporations and special interests in Washington want. It's why we're bankrupting our kids and grandkids.

Reining in the regulatory state would have a massive impact on economic freedom going forward.

What I'm looking forward to is changing the course America is on.

One of the things that I have encouraged President Trump to do, and I'm optimistic about this, is to take on directly the regulatory state; to take it on, to fire bureaucrats.

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 specific plans to make it work.

You know flexibility is a good thing but it shouldn't - you shouldn't be flexible on core principles.

Free enterprise system was born the second year the pilgrims were here. And of course, it has made America the most prosperous country in the world.

The [Barack] Obama administration has both their hands in your pocket. They're trying to take every hard dollar you make to give it out in handouts to buy votes.

Since there are no absolutes, when it's convenient, you change the rules. Do we know any politicians that have done that?

Marxism requires that we destroy God, because government must become God. And the only way for government to become God is to destroy the concept of God.

On health care, your freedom to choose your own doctor, without Obamacare.

If you love our country and love your children as much as I know that you do, stand and speak and vote your conscience. Vote for candidates up and down the ticket.

To earn the support of grass-roots activists, you have to spend real time, looking them in the eyes, answering their questions. Part of it is also you have to have a message that inspires people.

If there's not a message that people care about, they're not going to work on the campaign.

Young people want someone to tell them the truth. They want to be inspired.

If you look on the Republican side, the two Republicans who have most energized young people in modern times are Ronald Reagan and Ron Paul.

We have to stop acquiescing even to the wording that the liberals use.

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