My touchstone for every question is the Constitution. Ted Cruz More Quotes by Ted Cruz More Quotes From Ted Cruz You know flexibility is a good thing but it shouldn't - you shouldn't be flexible on core principles. Ted Cruz flexiblegood-thingsprinciples Donald Trump has opened [ politically correct enforcement] up wide. He`s made a very bold statement and he`s backed it back just a little bit when he said it is temporary. Ted Cruz enforcementmadelittles America is at war. Our enemy is not violent extremism. It is not some unnamed malevolent force. It is radical Islamic terrorist. Ted Cruz islamicwaramerica We see a missile here, a bomb there - looks good on CNN. This is nonsense. This is not a strategy of a serious commander in chief. Ted Cruz cnnbombslooks What I'm encouraging President Trump and the Cabinet and congressional leaders to do, is let's keep our promises. Let's do what we said we would do, and that's what each and every one of you can hold all of us accountable for. Ted Cruz leaderpresidentpromise When you're the son of an immigrant who came here seeking freedom, it makes you appreciate. Ted Cruz immigrantsappreciateson One of the things that I have encouraged President Trump to do, and I'm optimistic about this, is to take on directly the regulatory state; to take it on, to fire bureaucrats. Ted Cruz optimisticpresidentfire You have a right to have a feather duster. If anyone breaks in, you can make sure they're really clean as they're robbing your house. Ted Cruz cleanbreakhouse What Obama did wrong with executive power is he tried to change the law. He tried to ignore the law. And under the Constitution, Article I, all legislative authority is vested in Congress. Ted Cruz executive-powerconstitutionlaw He has attempted to muddy the waters, but I think anyone that watched the battle that we had - you know, there was a time for choosing, as Ronald Reagan put it, where there was a battle over amnesty. And some chose, like Sen. Marco Rubio, to stand with Barack Obama and Chuck Schumer and support a massive amnesty plan. Ted Cruz supportwaterthinking If the federal government is going to cost $100 million or more of your jobs going away, at a minimum the people who are elected by the people ought to have to vote and say, yes, I support taking away your job; or no, I don't support taking away your job. Ted Cruz governmentjobspeople By statute, Congress has given the president the authority to suspend immigration - any class of immigration if he deems it in the national interest. Ted Cruz immigrationpresidentclass Republican party leaders have been worrying about the damage a [Donald] Trump nomination could do to the party, but also what might happen if he left the GOP and took his supporters with him. But Trump said he would stay a Republican and do everything in his power to beat Hillary Clinton. Ted Cruz partyleaderworry You cannot build a grass-roots campaign unless you are connecting with people. Ted Cruz campaignsrootspeople The more liked you are in Washington, the less liked you are in the rest of America, and vice versa. Ted Cruz vice-versavicesamerica What is deemed "unlikeable" in Washington is actually standing up to Washington and saying no, saying "The emperor has no clothes," saying "We made promises to the people who elected us; let's do that." Ted Cruz clothespeoplepromise What I'm looking forward to is changing the course America is on. Ted Cruz looking-forwardcoursesamerica It is very simple to be likeable in Washington. You just go along to get along. You just do what your leadership wants. Ted Cruz likeablesimplewant I do think if we take the power out of Washington and bring it back to the people, if we defend the Bill of Rights, free speech, religious liberty, the Second Amendment, privacy, if we repeal Obamacare, abolish the IRS, if we get Washington out of the way of job creators, I think we can transform this country. Ted Cruz religiousjobscountry If I remember correctly, the most efficient campaign in modern times, in terms of burn rate, had been Obama's 2012 reelect, which I believe the number was they spent 37 cents at every dollar. Ted Cruz dollarsnumbersbelieve
