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Ted Cruz
Age: 53
Born: 1970
Born: December 22
Law Clerk
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Politician
United States Senator
Calgary
Canada
Rafael Edward Cruz
Rafael Edward Ted Cruz
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Lets us all have an open conversation about what this might mean if [Donald] Trump gets his way or how we might be able to adjust that and make American people safer.
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The proper way to make policy changes is for you to convince your fellow citizens that there is a better policy outcome than the current one. And then in state legislatures, for those state legislatures to vote that change.
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The problem we have is not Democrats versus Republicans. It is a Washington cartel. I've said many times the biggest divide we have politically is not between Republicans and Democrats. It's between career politicians in both parties and the American people.
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There's a real danger when people get distracted by peripheral issues. They get distracted by democracy building. They get distracted about military conflicts. We need to focus on defeating jihadism.
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What I endeavor to do is shine a light on what happens at the court, both as a law clerk and then as a litigator litigating and winning major cases in front of the Supreme Court over and over and over again.
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It is clear that Americans have a right to birth control.
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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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Two-thirds of Americans think our kids will have a worse life than we did. That is a powerful indication we are on the wrong path. I think we can change that, but I'll tell you, that's what I'm going to fight to do, and the reason so many grass-roots activists poured so much into it is they believed in our country. They believed in liberty.
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Sometimes people try to give me advice going forward, and they say, You know, you've just got to work to be more likeable in Washington. And I laugh and say, You know this isn't rocket science.
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We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty and to restore the Constitution.
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When Donald Trump is in trouble, he starts yelling, he starts screaming. He starts insulting. He starts cursing.
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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.
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A debate actually is a policy issue but I will say this - gosh, if you guys ask one more mean question, I may have to leave the stage.
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If you look on the Republican side, the two Republicans who have most energized young people in modern times are Ronald Reagan and Ron Paul.
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At the end of the day, the Washington establishment is going to go where they're going to go.
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I think it's an enormous blessing to be the child of an immigrant who fled oppression, because you realize how fragile liberty is and how easily it can be taken away.
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When you're the son of an immigrant who came here seeking freedom, it makes you appreciate.
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If there's not a message that people care about, they're not going to work on the campaign.
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The media ought to be just giving a fair shake to everybody.
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We are still a nation of laws. You just have to check with Barack Obama every day to see what they are.
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