Quotes by Ted Cruz

The single biggest surprise about arriving to the Senate is the defeatist attitude here.

Its tragic from how far weve come from Hope and Change.

Im not cool enough to hang out with any rock stars. Jay-Z doesnt come over to my house. I dont hang out with Ted Nugent.

The strength of our economy allows us to maintain the mightiest military in the world, effectively enforcing a Pax Americana.

When, President Obama, do you mean to cease abusing our patience? How long is that madness of yours still to mock us? When is there to be an end to that unbridled audacity of yours swaggering about as it does now?

I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? And they are also hard work and responsibility.

Ill tell you, in my life Ive never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.

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. Thats been true for my entire lifetime.

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.

The American president has a peculiar leadership responsibility to speak out for freedom.

First of all, we have seen now in six years of Obamacare that it has been a disaster. It is the biggest job-killer in this country. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs, have been forced into part-time work, have lost their health insurance, have lost their doctors, have seen their premiums skyrocket.

The single best thing we can do is expand competition. Let people purchase health insurance across state lines. If you want to expand access, what you want to do is increase choices and drive down cost.

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 theyre afraid. They say, Ted, you know, I just lost my health insurance. I got a child with diabetes. Im scared. Please stop this from happening.

I think the Hispanic community, the values that resonate in our community, are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family, patriotism.

Look, I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism.

We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.

There is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage.

The Obama administration came into Utah and said, Were not going to listen to what the U.S. Supreme Court said. We, the federal government, are going to recognize marriages in the state of Utah and Utah state law explicitly does not recognize as marriage, and that was really, in my view, an abuse of power.

The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens.

One of biggest lies in politics is the lie that Republicans are the party of big business. Big business does great with big government. Big business is very happy to climb in bed with big government. Republicans are and should be the party of small business and of entrepreneurs.