Quotessence
Home / Authors / Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz Quotes

United States Senator

Filter quotes by topic

AllPeopleIfsThinkingTrumpPresidentWantCountryAmericaRepublicanNeeds

Famous Ted Cruz Quotes

“We're looking at a president [Barack Obama] who's engaged in double-speak where he doesn't call radical Islamic terrorism by its name. Indeed, he gives a speech after the San Bernardino attack where his approach is to try to go after the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens rather than to keep us safe.”

GivingTryingLawNamesSpeakPresidentRightsCitizensSafeSpeechApproachTerrorismRadicalBarackEngagedIslamicAbidingPresident Barack ObamaConstitutional RightsIslamic TerrorismLaw Abiding Citizen
Author:Ted Cruz
Create image

“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.”

WorldShouldWarCountryProblemPoliticalNationsMillionsFocusSeeingDirectIndiaMurderDefeatTerrorismPeacefulIdeologyRadicalIslamicAlsControlledTerritoryIsisIslamic Terrorism
Author:Ted Cruz
Create image

“Here at home, we need to do two fundamental things. Number one, we need to recognize that technology has moved on. The Patriot Act was signed in 2001, roughly. The iPhone was invented in 2007. The iPad was invented in 2011. Snapchat and Twitter, all the rest of it, have been around just for several years. Technology has moved on, and the terrorists have moved on with it.”

NeedsYearsHas BeensTwoHomeNumbersTechnologyFundamentalsMovedTerroristPatriotIphoneMoved OnIpadsPatriot ActSnapchat
Author:Ted Cruz
Create image

“I introduced bill saying we need more security, we need more scrutiny. Once again, Marco [Rubio] opposed this. So Marco can't have it both ways. He thinks he wants to be this, "Oh, I'm great and strong on national defense." But he's the weakest of all the candidates on immigration. He is the one for an open border that is leaving us defenseless.”

ThinkingWayWantNeedsStrongSecurityBillsLeavingDefenseImmigrationBordersCandidatesScrutinyMarcosDefenselessNational Defense
Author:Ted Cruz
Create image

“Using overwhelming air power to utterly and completely destroy ISIS. To put things in perspective, in the first Persian Gulf War, we launched roughly 1,100 air attacks a day. We carpet bombed them for 36 days, saturation bombing, after which our troops went in and in a day and a half mopped up what was left of the Iraqi army.”

FirstsWarLeftHalfAirPerspectiveArmyOverwhelmingTroopsCarpetIsisBombingPersianOur TroopsAir PowerGulf WarSaturationPersian Gulf
Author:Ted Cruz
Create image

“Nidal Hasan communicated with Anwar al-Awlaki, a known radical cleric, asked about waging jihad against his fellow soldiers. The problem is because of political correctness, the [Barack] Obama administration, like a lot of folks here, want to search everyone's cell phones and e-mails and not focus on the bad guys. And political correctness is killing people.”

PeopleWantProblemPoliticalGuyKnownFocusFellowsKillingSoldierFolksPhonesRadicalAdministrationCellsBarackAlsMailBad GuysCell PhonePolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessJihadFellow Soldiers
Author:Ted Cruz
Create image

“It is true that I voted against the National Defense Authorization Act, because when I campaigned in Texas I told voters in Texas that I would oppose the federal government having the authority to detain U.S. citizens permanently with no due process. I have repeatedly supported an effort to take that out of that bill, and I honored that campaign commitment.”

GovernmentProcessEffortCitizensAuthorityCommitmentBillsDuesDefenseCampaignsVotersTexasFederal GovernmentHonoredNational DefenseDue Process
Author:Ted Cruz
Create image