Quotes by Ted Cruz

Millions of Americans are standing up and saying, We want our country back! Republicans, Democrats, Independents, will not go down the path of Greece, we will not go quietly into the night.

In both law and politics, I think the essential battle is the meta-battle of framing the narrative.

On the Left, the best and brightest go into politics - Barack Obama is the epitome of the perfect leftist. On the Right, the best and brightest go make money. Very few conservatives want to endure all the nonsense you have to put up with to run for office.

Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.

Theres 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?

It used to be, it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier.

We need to remain a nation that doesnt just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream.

As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.

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.

The American free market system is the greatest engine for prosperity and opportunity that the world has ever seen. Freedom works.

My dad came from Cuba when he was a teenager not speaking English. And I grew up here speaking Spanglish. Thats the world in which I grew up, and thats a world in which a lot of second generation immigrants find themselves.

My dad grew up with an avocado tree in his backyard. My entire family, my wife and daughters, they love avocado. I may well be allergic. It makes me physically sick.