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" It's been 80 years since the Senate has confirmed a Supreme Court nominee who was nominated during an election. And particularly when the court hangs in the balance, it makes no sense whatsoever to give Barack Obama the power to jam through a judge in the final election year. "

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" We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'. "

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" 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

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" Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? "

" 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? "

" My abuela was an incredible cook. "

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" If I am elected president, every militant on the face of the planet will know, if you go and join ISIS, if you wage jihad on the United States of America, if you attempt to murder innocent Americans you are signing your death warrant. "

Ted Cruz

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" I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power. "

" When my father came over here penniless with $100 sewn into his underwear, thank God some well-meaning liberal didn't come put his arm around him and say, 'Let me take care of you.' "

" There are people who wonder if faith is real. I can tell you, in my family there is not a second of doubt. "

" I like John McCain. He can always be counted on for a good quote. "

Ted Cruz

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" We need to conceptualize; we need to articulate conservative domestic policy with a laser focus on opportunity, on easing the means of ascent up the economic ladder. "

" I am not the candidate of career politicians in Washington. "

" No major entitlement, once it has been implemented, has ever been unwound. "

" What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans. "

" 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. "

" The people who suffer in the Obama economy have been young people, African Americans, Hispanics, single moms. "

" School choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century. "

" I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan. "

" Is it true that the American people are war-weary? Absolutely. We are tired of sending our sons and daughters to distant lands year after year after year, to give their lives trying to transform foreign nations. "

" Many of the alarmists on global warming, they've got a problem because the science doesn't back them up. "

" 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. "

" I am a passionate civil libertarian. "

Ted Cruz

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" 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. "

" An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect. "

" 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. "

" I will always tell the truth and do what I said I would do. "

" I am perfectly happy to compromise and work with anybody: Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians - I'll work with Martians if - and the if is critical - they're willing to cut spending and reduce the debt. "

" We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens. "

" President George Herbert Walker Bush ran as a strong conservative, ran to continue the third term of Ronald Reagan, continue the Ronald Reagan revolution. Then he raised taxes and in '92 ran as an establishment moderate - same candidate, two very different campaigns. "

" Do not listen to the rhetoric from campaigns, but rather, hold everyone of us accountable, hold me accountable and every other candidate accountable to be a consistent conservative. "

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