Quotes from Ted Cruz

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.

Every American, I think, should be able to fill out their taxes on a postcard.

There is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage.

If you hate the Jewish people, you are not reflecting the teachings of Christ.

It's been 80 years since the Senate has confirmed a Supreme Court nominee who was nominated during an election. And particularly when the court hangs in the balance, it makes no sense whatsoever to give Barack Obama the power to jam through a judge in the final election year.

I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.

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.

I'm not cool enough to hang out with any rock stars. Jay-Z doesn't come over to my house. I don't hang out with Ted Nugent.

My dad came from Cuba when he was a teenager not speaking English. And I grew up here speaking Spanglish. That's the world in which I grew up, and that's a world in which a lot of second generation immigrants find themselves.

When you tell the American people, 'Read my lips. No new taxes,' that should mean no new taxes.

In the Second Amendment, it's not about hunting, it's not about target shooting, it's about protecting your home and your family and your life.

I believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to re-ignite the promise of America.

The American free market system is the greatest engine for prosperity and opportunity that the world has ever seen. Freedom works.

It's been federal law for over two centuries that the child of an American born abroad is a citizen - a natural born citizen.

There's an old joke that politics is Hollywood for ugly people. An awful lot of the press coverage about Washington reads like coverage of Hollywood. Madonna is having some spat with Sean Penn. Who cares? And who cares which politician is mad at that politician?

In the Senate, there is a wide spectrum of views on foreign policy.

I was so horrifically bad at tennis.

I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America.

And if you want a commander in chief who will fulfill the most solemn obligation of the president to keep this nation safe, then support a candidate who has demonstrated the commitment, the judgment, the experience, the clarity of vision, to identify our enemy, to call it by its name, radical islamic terrorism.

ISIS is gaining strength because the perception is that they're winning. And President [Barack] Obama fuels that perception.

I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make.

The single best thing we can do is expand competition. Let people purchase health insurance across state lines. If you want to expand access, what you want to do is increase choices and drive down cost.

We should allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines. That will create a true 50-state national marketplace which will drive down the cost of low-cost, catastrophic health insurance.

We need a president who is willing to uphold the law.