672 Quotes by Ted Cruz

The court follows elite opinion, not public opinion. And Democratic leaders in Congress and Republican leaders in Congress follow elite opinion as well. It’s what I’ve called “the Washington cartel.” It’s career politicians in both parties. It is lobbyists and giant corporations.

Were it not for the transformative love of Jesus Christ, I would have been raised by a single mom without my father in the household, this is our fight, and that is why I’m running for president.

I get that the media wants us to play theater critics and critique every other proposal. What I’m focusing on are my own policy proposals.

What the USA Freedom Act did is it did two things. Number one, it ended the federal government’s bulk collection of phone metadata of millions of law-abiding citizens.

Barack Obama has said he doesn’t believe in American leadership or America winning – he is wrong. America can win again and we will win again.

I love Texas, I can’t wait in a couple of days to be home to the great state.

We’re seeing so many people come around and say, “Listen, we want a real conservative. We don’t want a Washington dealmaker who will support Democrats and cut deals to grow government and give into the cronyism and corporate welfare.”

I’m a big believer that good policy is good politics. And so, when it comes to making decisions on policy issues, what I endeavor to do is simply speak the truth.

I would note that the scripture tells us, “you shall know them by their fruit.” We see lots of “campaign conservatives.” But if we’re going to win in 2016, we need a consistent conservative, someone who has been a fiscal conservative, a social conservative, a national security conservative.