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" When you tell the American people, 'Read my lips. No new taxes,' that should mean no new taxes. "
Ted Cruz
People
American
Lips
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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
" And the people I have been accountable to every single day in the Senate are the 27 million Texans who I represent and I made a promise to them that I make to you today, which is, if I am elected, every single day I will do two things: tell the truth, and do what I said I would do. "
Ted Cruz
Truth
Day
Today
" 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.' "
Ted Cruz
God
Care
Father
" Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve. "
Ted Cruz
Wear
Sleeve
Many
" Every American, I think, should be able to fill out their taxes on a postcard. "
Ted Cruz
I Think
Out
Taxes
" It is very true that D.C. often operates in the land of caricature. "
Ted Cruz
True
Often
Caricature
" I'm a lot less concerned with Bill Clinton's escapades decades ago than I am with Hillary Clinton's consistently wrong record when it comes to foreign policy, when it comes to domestic policy. "
Ted Cruz
Foreign Policy
Lot
Policy
" The Obama administration came into Utah and said, 'We're not going to listen to what the U.S. Supreme Court said. 'We, the federal government, are going to recognize marriages in the state of Utah and Utah state law explicitly does not recognize as marriage,' and that was really, in my view, an abuse of power. "
Ted Cruz
Law
View
Power
" 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
" The most enduring legacy of President Barack Obama is going to be a new generation of leaders standing up for liberty. "
Ted Cruz
Liberty
New
Generation
" My focus has been and will continue to be on doing my job. "
Ted Cruz
Will
Job
Focus
" A lot of the Republicans wanted exactly what Barack Obama wanted, exactly what Nancy Pelosi wanted, exactly what Harry Reid wanted, which is to raise the debt ceiling, but they wanted to be able to tell what they view as their foolish, gullible constituents back home they didn't do it. "
Ted Cruz
Foolish
Tell
View
" We're seeing conservatives and evangelicals and libertarian and Reagan Democrats all coming together as one, and that terrifies Washington, D.C. "
Ted Cruz
Democrats
Together
Washington
" The systematic murder of Christians in the Middle East is a horrible atrocity, and all of us should be united against it. Likewise, we should speak with one voice against the persecution of Jews, usually being carried out by the very same jihadist radicals. "
Ted Cruz
Voice
Speak
Same
" The grass roots are energized because the absolutely highest priority in the country in November is to defeat Barack Obama. I have spoken with literally thousands and thousands of tea-party activists - I have yet to meet a single tea-party leader that is not going to vote for Mitt Romney. "
Ted Cruz
Meet
Roots
Vote
" What I have been talking about for many years is opportunity conservatism, that every policy should focus like a laser on easing the means of ascent up the economic ladder. "
Ted Cruz
Opportunity
Up
Focus
" 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. "
Ted Cruz
Compromise
Cut
Debt
" It is the job of our military to protect America and to hunt down and kill those who would threaten to murder Americans. "
Ted Cruz
Protect
Military
Job
" 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. "
Ted Cruz
Focus
Ladder
Policy
" I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me. "
Ted Cruz
You
Story
Rock
" The people who suffer in the Obama economy have been young people, African Americans, Hispanics, single moms. "
Ted Cruz
Economy
Young
Suffer
" I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America. "
Ted Cruz
Back
America
Washington
" For families, for parents that don't want to feed their kids GMOs, in the private marketplace there has grown up an abundant market. "
Ted Cruz
Feed
Kids
Want
" 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. "
Ted Cruz
Place
Process
Over
" A friend of mine, a Hispanic entrepreneur asked me a question sometime ago, he said, 'When is the last time you saw a Hispanic panhandler?' I think it's a great question. 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. "
Ted Cruz
Me
Life
Great
" 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
" There is no room for Christians in today's Democratic Party. "
Ted Cruz
Today
Room
Party
" 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. "
Ted Cruz
Think
People
Job
" 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. "
Ted Cruz
Work
Health
Job
" 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. "
Ted Cruz
Person
I Am
Growth