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I'm a big believer that good policy is good politics. And so, when it comes to making decisions on policy issues, what I endeavor to do is simply speak the truth.

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Ted Cruz
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: December 22
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We should not focus on ideas that divide us and pull us apart.
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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.
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It is worth emphasizing that Iran released our hostages in 1981 the day Ronald Reagan was sworn into office.
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It's critical to have a sound foundation in free-market economics and the Constitution. A great many Republicans in Washington don't have that foundation.
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We need a president that shows the courage that Egypt's President al-Sisi, a Muslim, when he called out the radical Islamic terrorists who are threatening the world.
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I think the debate was really some powerful moments of clarity. We saw that Donald Trump, substantively, has the same issues on issue after issue as Hillary Clinton. He agreed with Hillary Clinton on Libya, toppling the government in Libya. That led directly to Benghazi, led to handing that country over to radical Islamic terrorism.
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I think we need to be fighting for the working men and women of this country, not the moneyed New York interests.
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The most enduring legacy of President Barack Obama is going to be a new generation of leaders standing up for liberty.
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A path to citizenship for those who are here illegally in my view is unfair to those waiting sometimes a decades in line to come here.
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One of the things we've seen here is how easy it is for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to get distracted from dealing with radical Islamic terrorism. They won't even call it by its name.
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Carli Fiorina thinks the answer for Social Security and Medicare is...zero-based budgeting! Christ. People of a certain age are all banging their heads on the table right now.
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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.
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You don't hear me lambasting, engaging in personal attacks, getting nasty. I don't think that belongs in politics.
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There is no moral absolute, and this leads us to situational ethics, which unfortunately is being taught in public schools all over America. This means that right and wrong is dependent upon the circumstances.
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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.
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If you want to beat Donald Trump, you know, one of the clearest indications of who can beat Trump is Donald spends every waking moment attacking me. He doesn't attack any other candidates, because his campaign views us as the only real threat to him.
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We need to focus on radical Islamic terrorists and we need to stop them before they carry out acts of terror.
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On his [Marco Rubio] Gang of Eight bill, he would have liberalized immigration, but he did not - and he steadfastly opposed any new border security requirements for refugees or students.
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If I'm elected president, let me tell you about my first day in office. The first thing I intend to do is to rescind every illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by Barack Obama.
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In the history of humanity, there's never been a country like America.
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