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" The United States has a responsibility to defend our values. "
Ted Cruz
Values
Defend
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" I was so horrifically bad at tennis. "
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" There is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage. "
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" Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I think it was absolutely a mistake for President Obama and Harry Reid to force a government shutdown. "
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" My mother was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She's a U.S. citizen, so I'm a U.S. citizen. "
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" I grew up eating Cuban food all the time. "
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" Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? "
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" It is very true that D.C. often operates in the land of caricature. "
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" The essence of the conservative message should be we want a dynamic nation where anybody with nothing can achieve anything. "
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" 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. "
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" What Obamacare does is decreases choices and drives up cost. "
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" 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. "
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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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" What I think is at stake in 2012, is whether the five or six strong conservatives elected to the Senate in 2010 become 10 or 12. And if that happens, it will fundamentally shift the character of the Senate. It will shift the balance. "
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" We ought to open up energy innovation across the board and - and remove the barriers to every form of energy. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Stopping bad things is a significant public service. "
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" I was bitten by an octopus. "
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" I introduced legislation in the Senate to prohibit President Obama's amnesty. The House of Representatives stood up and led. It took the legislation I introduced and it passed it. But the Senate Democrats stood as one uniform block and said, 'No, we will do nothing to stop amnesty.' "
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" I am far more a fan of aggressive entrepreneurs than I am of major CEOs. You look at major CEOs, and they are almost to a person quite timid. They don't act to defend the free market principles that are vital to growth. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" The Senate Majority Leader has the unilateral ability to stand up and say, 'If you defy Congress, if you defy the Constitution, if you defy the American people, none of your nominees will be confirmed.' "
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" It's remarkable that the failures of the Obama, Clinton, Kerry foreign policy are not only uniting the Left and Right in Israel but might even be creating some common ground between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. "
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" I don't think it's government's job to find health care for people. I think it's the individual's job to find health care. "
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