I think they're going to slug it out for a while, once it gets down to a head-to-head contest, I think the conservative wins. Ted Cruz More Quotes by Ted Cruz More Quotes From Ted Cruz Lets us all have an open conversation about what this might mean if [Donald] Trump gets his way or how we might be able to adjust that and make American people safer. Ted Cruz mightmeanpeople We need a president who understands the first obligation of the commander-in-chief is to keep America safe. If I am elected president, we will hunt down and kill the terrorists. We will utterly destroy ISIS. Ted Cruz isispresidentamerica President [Barack] Obama and Hillary Clinton are proposing bringing tens of thousands of Syrian refugees to this country when the head of the FBI has told Congress they cannot vet those refugees. Ted Cruz vetspresidentcountry There are millions of peaceful Muslims across the world, in countries like India, where there is not the problems we are seeing in nations that are controlled - have territory controlled by Al Qaida or ISIS, and we should direct at the problem, focus on the problem, and defeat radical Islamic terrorism. It's not a war on a faith; it's a war on a political and theocratic ideology that seeks to murder us. Ted Cruz islamicwarcountry I offer myself as a leader to the people of this country because I think they're looking for solutions, not lawyers arguing over laws or entertainers throwing out sound bites that draw media attention. We need to solve the problem. Ted Cruz mediacountrythinking I'm very proud to have joined with conservatives in both the Senate and the House to reform how we target bad guys. Ted Cruz reformguyhouse What the USA Freedom Act did is it did two things. Number one, it ended the federal government's bulk collection of phone metadata of millions of law-abiding citizens. Ted Cruz phonesgovernmentlaw When you had a terrorist, you could only search a relatively narrow slice of numbers, primarily land lines. Ted Cruz lineslandnumbers We need to focus on radical Islamic terrorists and we need to stop them before they carry out acts of terror. Ted Cruz islamicfocusneeds The one thing that might have stopped San Bernardino, that might have stopped 9/11 would have been stricter controls on those who came here. Ted Cruz one-thinghas-beensmight If we want to defend the country, we have to defend against who's coming in. Ted Cruz ifswantcountry We need to be focused on defeating radical Islamic terrorists. Ted Cruz radicalislamicneeds I can tell you is all nine of the people here [on debates] would make an infinitely better commander in chief than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. Ted Cruz debateninepeople If you want a candidate who is led the fight against Obamacare, who will lift the burdens on small businesses and bring back jobs, I'm the only candidate in the race with that proven record. Ted Cruz fightingracejobs We`re seeing something fairly remarkable happen on the political train. We`re seeing the Washington establishment abandoning Marco Rubio. I think they`ve made the determination that Marco can`t win. And they`re rushing to support Donald Trump. Ted Cruz determinationwinningthinking If as a voter you think what we need is more Republicans in Washington to cut a deal with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, then I guess Donald Trump`s your guy. Ted Cruz cuttingguythinking I oppose amnesty, I oppose citizenship, I oppose legalization for illegal aliens. I always have and I always will. Ted Cruz citizenshipamnestyaliens A debate actually is a policy issue but I will say this - gosh, if you guys ask one more mean question, I may have to leave the stage. Ted Cruz issuesguymean I think that's a question for South Carolin and the last thing they need is people from outside the state coming in and dictating how they should resolve that issue [about flag]. Ted Cruz issuespeoplethinking If you can stitch together that kind of coalition with young people, bringing together conservatives and evangelicals - and I will tell you, in Iowa, we also won Reagan Democrats, working-class voters. Ted Cruz iowaclasspeople
