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" I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make. "
Ted Cruz
Clear
Decision
Support
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" 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
Process
Authority
Government
" In both law and politics, I think the essential battle is the meta-battle of framing the narrative. "
Ted Cruz
Law
Politics
Think
" 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. "
Ted Cruz
Night
Path
Politics
" The Washington establishment think Republicans win elections by you don't stand for anything, you keep your head down, you don't rock the boat. You know what? Every time we do that, we get clobbered in the polls. "
Ted Cruz
Time
Boat
Know
" One of the specific powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to secure the borders. Property can be taken with due process of law and just compensation. "
Ted Cruz
Law
Just
Government
" If you support amnesty, you should vote for the Democrats. "
Ted Cruz
You
Democrats
Should
" It has been suggested that those of us who are fighting to defend liberty - fighting to turn around the out-of-control spending and out-of-control debt in this country, fighting to defend the Constitution, it has been suggested that we are wacko birds. "
Ted Cruz
Fighting
Birds
Liberty
" On issue after issue, the Obama Administration has openly ignored, defied, and unilaterally tried to change the law. "
Ted Cruz
Change
Ignored
After
" This election presents a stark choice - we can continue down the road of the Obama Democrats, more and more spending, debt and government control of the economy, or we can return to the founding principles of our nation - free markets, fiscal responsibility and individual liberty. "
Ted Cruz
Responsibility
Free
Government
" Back in the '70s - I remember the '70s: we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem. And then that faded. "
Ted Cruz
Problem
Remember
Back
" If you're looking for someone to go to Washington, to go along to get along, to get - to agree with the career politicians in both parties who get in bed with the lobbyists and special interests, then I ain't your guy. "
Ted Cruz
Looking
Special
You
" When you tell the American people, 'Read my lips. No new taxes,' that should mean no new taxes. "
Ted Cruz
People
American
Lips
" Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do. "
Ted Cruz
Understand
Government
Create
" Millions of people are asking for accountability, for responsibility, for truth from their elected officials, truth about how Obamacare is failing the men and women of America. "
Ted Cruz
Men
Responsibility
Truth
" My touchstone for every question is the Constitution. "
Ted Cruz
Question
Constitution
Every
" Voting for a candidate for the DC circuit is very different from confirming someone to the US Supreme Court. I have been very clear that the Senate should not confirm any nominee in a lame duck session. "
Ted Cruz
Duck
Supreme Court
Us
" What is problematic about Obamacare is that it is killing millions of jobs in this country and has killed millions of jobs. It has forced millions of people into part time work. It has caused millions of people to lose their insurance, to lose their doctors, and to face skyrocketing insurance premiums. That is unacceptable. "
Ted Cruz
Insurance
People
Time
" 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. "
Ted Cruz
Sick
Family
Love
" We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty and to restore the Constitution. "
Ted Cruz
Liberty
Constitution
Great
" I'll tell you, in my life I've 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. "
Ted Cruz
Hard Work
Life
Work
" There is overwhelming bipartisan support outside of Washington that we need to finally secure our borders, enforce our laws, and stop the problem of illegal immigration. "
Ted Cruz
Immigration
Need
Support
" We ought to open up energy innovation across the board and - and remove the barriers to every form of energy. "
Ted Cruz
Open
Energy
Barriers
" 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. "
Ted Cruz
Competition
Best
Health
" I grew up listening to classic rock - the Kinks, Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd. "
Ted Cruz
Pink
Rock
Up
" After 2012, all of the Washington political consultants and all the mainstream media came to Republicans and said, 'You've got to do better with Hispanics, and the way to do better with Hispanics is to embrace amnesty.' And, look, a lot of Republicans in Washington were scared. "
Ted Cruz
Political
You
Way
" Cloture is simply cutting off debate. "
Ted Cruz
Off
Simply
Cutting
" 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
Nothing
War
Influence
" I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country. "
Ted Cruz
Country
President
Believe
" Religious liberty should be a bipartisan issue. "
Ted Cruz
Religious
Bipartisan
Should
" 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? "
Ted Cruz
Madness
Now
End