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Ted Cruz
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: December 22
Law Clerk
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United States Senator
Calgary
Canada
Rafael Edward Cruz
Rafael Edward Ted Cruz
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When people are motivated by principles larger than themselves, you don't have to beat them over the head to get them to act. You simply empower them, you inform them, you give them tools, and they take it upon themselves to act.
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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 deserve leaders who stand for principal, who unite us all behind shared values, who cast aside anger for love. That is the standard we should expect from everybody.
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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 believe you [Donald Trump] know politicians better than I do because for 40 years you've been funding liberal Democratic politicians.
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Far too many young people are living in their parents' basements, and I think it is important for people to have hope and a vision things can be different.
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If the problem is Washington is corrupt, why on Earth would you want to give more power to Washington?
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I know very much what I believe.
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Theirs is the party that ... responds to the death of Americans at Benghazi by asking, What difference does it make?
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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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Young people want someone to tell them the truth. They want to be inspired.
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It is clear that Americans have a right to birth control.
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I'm not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate. Given the choice between being reviled in Washington, DC, and appreciated in Texas, or reviled in Texas and appreciated in Washington, I would take the former 100 out of 100 times.
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Enough of these little kitty cats we keep sending to Washington. David Dewhurst will compromise every day in the U.S. Senate... It's what he's done every day in state government.
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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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If I'm elected president, we will secure the border. We will triple the border patrol. We will build a wall that works and I'll get Donald Trump to pay for it.
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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.
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I am where a great many voters are, which is that I am listening and watching and coming to a decision.
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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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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.
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