If our elections began in large states, if they began in large states like California or New York or my home state of Texas, they would all be decided by slick Hollywood TV ads, it would just be whoever spends the most money. Ted Cruz More Quotes by Ted Cruz More Quotes From Ted Cruz I like Donald Trump. I appreciate that he's focusing on illegal immigration. It's an issue I've been fighting a long, long time. I think people are very concerned, for example, about the problems of sanctuary cities and - and that is something that's a - that people are finally turning their attention to. Ted Cruz fightinglongthinking Reining in the regulatory state would have a massive impact on economic freedom going forward. Ted Cruz economicimpactstates The Obama-Clinton economy has done enormous damage to the Hispanic community. Ted Cruz damagecommunitydone The left keeps talking about impeachment. I mean, they were talking about impeachment before Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017. And, you know, I think impeaching Obama in January probably would have been a mistake. Ted Cruz mistakemeanthinking We should not focus on ideas that divide us and pull us apart. Ted Cruz focusshouldideas I believe every human life is a gift from God and we should cherish and protect and celebrate them. Ted Cruz cherishlife-isbelieve It is clear that Americans have a right to birth control. Ted Cruz clearbirthbirth-control What many of the Senate Democrats are taking as the lesson of this election was that Hillary Clinton is too moderate and they need to go more Elizabeth Warren, more Bernie Sanders, more extreme and on the fringes. Ted Cruz fringeelectionclinton The Obama administration has abused the executive power, enforcing Common Core on the states. It has used race to the top fans to effectively blackmail and force the states to adapt Common Core. But in one silver lining of Obama abusing executive power is that everything done with executive power can be undone with executive power and I intend to do that. Ted Cruz silverdonecommon Whenever anyone does as this ad does, plays the actual words of Donald Trump on national television, his response is to yell, "Liar." Their strategy is simply to yell, "Liar, liar, liar." Ted Cruz doeplayliars I don't know that I'm in a position to give campaign advice to Donald Trump, given that he just whipped me in a primary. Ted Cruz campaignsadvicegiving I've spent my whole life fighting for free-market principles and the Constitution. That's not going to change. Ted Cruz constitutionfightingprinciples A very good friend of mine spent a fair amount of time doing postmortems and met with a number of the senior folks on the Romney campaign and they spent, what was it, $140, $160 million on data. And this friend of mine, who is a very sharp thinker, asked a series of questions, but the most important one he asked, he said, "What decisions did you make differently because of the data?" And he's coming from the private equity world where he wants to know, OK, and the answer from virtually every single senior Romney person was "nothing." Ted Cruz good-friendseniornumbers You have to be willing to have the decision-making follow the data. Ted Cruz decision-makingdatadecision I think data is incredibly powerful for understanding what people are thinking and for allocating resources. Ted Cruz datapowerfulthinking I think Hillary Clinton's nomination and I think Donald Trump's nomination, I think the media played decisive roles in both of them. Ted Cruz mediarolesthinking Listen, Bernie Sanders talks about how Washington is corrupt, both parties are in bed with the lobbyists and special interests. I think he's exactly right. Ted Cruz partyspecialthinking The heart of a grass-roots campaign is the ownership. Ted Cruz campaignsrootsheart We need to do whatever is necessary to utterly defeat ISIS....We're not using our overwhelming air power. We're not arming the Kurds. Those need to be the first steps. And then we need to put whatever ground power is needed to carry it out. Ted Cruz isisairneeds We`re all aware that Hillary Clinton has a problem with the truth. Even among politicians, and that does not make her unique in the swamp that is Washington. But Hillary stands out. Ted Cruz politicianuniqueproblem
