We are seeing a great awakening. A national movement of We the People, brought together by what unites us – a shared love of liberty, and an understanding of the unlimited potential of free men and free women. – Ted Cruz
It used to be, it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier. – Ted Cruz
I’ll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it’s very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn’t like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me. – Ted Cruz
When I go back to Texas, I travel the state, and I see people all the time who come up to me, men and women across Texas, and they grab me by the shoulder, and they’re afraid. They say, ‘Ted, you know, I just lost my health insurance. I got a child with diabetes. I’m scared. Please stop this from happening.’ – Ted Cruz
There is no more an enthusiastic advocate of legal immigration in the U.S. Senate than I am, and that is a message that resonates powerfully in the Hispanic community. – Ted Cruz
I suspect I was not the first 21-year-old who thought he knew more than he did. And one of the virtues of age, one of the virtues of getting married and becoming a father, is it often leads one to take a more measured approach to life. – Ted Cruz
There are people who wonder if faith is real. I can tell you, in my family there is not a second of doubt. – Ted Cruz
When Mitt Romney talked about Putin expanding his sphere of influence, Obama mocked and said, ‘The Cold War has been over 20 years, nothing to be worried about’… We keep making that mistake with Putin. – Ted Cruz
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do. – Ted Cruz
There’s an old joke that politics is Hollywood for ugly people. An awful lot of the press coverage about Washington reads like coverage of Hollywood. Madonna is having some spat with Sean Penn. Who cares? And who cares which politician is mad at that politician? – Ted Cruz
We are here today because of grass-roots conservatives all over the place. That’s the way the democratic process is supposed to work. It’s not supposed to be a bunch of guys in a smoky room in Austin picking the next Senator. – Ted Cruz
If we go to the 1940s, Nazi Germany – look, we saw it in Britain. Neville Chamberlain told the British people: Accept the Nazis. Yes, they will dominate the continent of Europe, but that is not our problem. Let’s appease them. Why? Because it can’t be done. We cannot possibly stand against them. – Ted Cruz
If I am elected president we will secure the border and we will end the illegal immigration. – Ted Cruz
On issue after issue, the Obama Administration has openly ignored, defied, and unilaterally tried to change the law. – Ted Cruz
It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always ‘Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.’ That’s been true for my entire lifetime. – Ted Cruz
We need to make clear the federal government does not have authority to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without due process or, for that matter, to use lethal force on U.S. citizens on U.S. soil if they don’t pose imminent threats. – Ted Cruz
I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the scriptures. And God speaks through the Bible. – 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 defy the American people, none of your nominees will be confirmed.’ – Ted Cruz
If I am elected president, keep an eye on the tarmac, because I’ll be back, because Iowa in 2017 will not be fly-over country. It will be fly-to country. – Ted Cruz
In both law and politics, I think the essential battle is the meta-battle of framing the narrative. – Ted Cruz
A lot of the Republicans wanted exactly what Barack Obama wanted, exactly what Nancy Pelosi wanted, exactly what Harry Reid wanted, which is to raise the debt ceiling, but they wanted to be able to tell what they view as their foolish, gullible constituents back home they didn’t do it. – Ted Cruz
There is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage. – Ted Cruz
