Ted Cruz

“The single biggest surprise about arriving to the Senate is the defeatist attitude here.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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...”

“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 swaggerin...”

“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...”

“The federal government has not been effective enough monitoring and surveilling bad guys.”

“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 m...”

“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 conservativ...”

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

“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 go...”

“Often you see big companies, big banks who are eager to embrace crushing regulatory burdens because they drive up everyone's costs.”

“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.”

“The Second Amendment is an integral part of the Bill of Rights.”

“I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.”

“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.”

“Religious liberty should be a bipartisan issue.”

“I was bitten by an octopus.”

“We can build the fence. We can triple the border patrol. We can end sanctuary cities by cutting off funding to them. We can end welfare for those here illegally.”

“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.”