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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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" 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. "

Ted Cruz

I Am

Hope

Good

" We are here today because of grass-roots conservatives all over the place. That's the way the democratic process is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be a bunch of guys in a smoky room in Austin picking the next Senator. "

" I have been proud to fight and stand for religious liberty, to stand against Planned Parenthood, to defend life for my entire career. "

" We should work to de-link health insurance from employment so if you lose your job, your health insurance goes with you and it is personal, portable and affordable. "

" Religious liberty should be a bipartisan issue. "

" 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. "

" The radical Left loves attacking people as anti-science when anyone dares question their computer models on global warming. "

" Nobody cares what any politician in Washington says. "

" 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. "

" I don't think the federal government has any business keeping a list of law-abiding Americans who exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms. "

" By any measure, NBC is a corporation. "

" If we go to the 1940s, Nazi Germany - look, we saw it in Britain. Neville Chamberlain told the British people: Accept the Nazis. Yes, they will dominate the continent of Europe, but that is not our problem. Let's appease them. Why? Because it can't be done. We cannot possibly stand against them. "

" My focus has been and will continue to be on doing my job. "

" You always have to be worried about something that is considered a so-called 'scientific theory' that fits every scenario. Climate change, as they've defined it, can never be disproved. "

" 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'. "

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

Ted Cruz

Immigrants

Generation

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Washington is a bubble, and there is nothing more powerful than the conservative grassroots when we are engaged and letting our voice be heard. "

" There is no room for Christians in today's Democratic Party. "

" The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens. "

" We ought to be allowing the private sector to pursue every form of energy because the energy of the future, it's not going to come from the government picking winners and losers. "

" 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. "

" I will keep my word. My father fled Cuba, and I will fight to defend liberty because my family knows what it's like to lose it. "

" I grew up eating Cuban food all the time. "

Ted Cruz

Eating

Cuban

" I think issues and substance, policy and vision and record should be the meat of politics. "

" I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington. "

" If I am elected president, keep an eye on the tarmac, because I'll be back, because Iowa in 2017 will not be fly-over country. It will be fly-to country. "

" 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