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Ted Cruz

Profession : Politician

Birth : December 22, 1970

I don't think the federal government has any business keeping a list of law-abiding Americans who exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

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If you look at that 2008 Democratic primary, there was no more formidable, unstoppable candidate - other than an incumbent President - in modern times than Hillary Clinton.

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Christians are being systematically exterminated.

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Tonight, I want to say to every member of the democratic party, who believes in limited government, in personal opportunity and the united States constitution, and a safe and secure America, come home. To the Reagan Democrats, your party has left you. And the Republican party wants you, we welcome you back.

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The authority to declare war rests in Congress, not in an out-of-control president.

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Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.

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

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Twenty years from now if there is some obscure Trivial Pursuit question, I am confident I will be the answer.

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Look, I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism.

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A friend of mine, a Hispanic entrepreneur asked me a question sometime ago, he said, 'When is the last time you saw a Hispanic panhandler?' I think it's a great question. I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging.

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I don't think it's government's job to find health care for people. I think it's the individual's job to find health care.

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One of the specific powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to secure the borders. Property can be taken with due process of law and just compensation.

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It took Jimmy Carter to give us Ronald Reagan.

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Every day, I come home with a spring in my step. We've got to work together to stop the Obama agenda and take this country back.

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President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.

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What I think is at stake in 2012, is whether the five or six strong conservatives elected to the Senate in 2010 become 10 or 12. And if that happens, it will fundamentally shift the character of the Senate. It will shift the balance.

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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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I think the first and principle objective is to repeal Obamacare before it does lasting, fundamental damage to our health care system, to our individual liberty, to the relationship each of us has with his or her doctor.

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I am perfectly happy to compromise and work with anybody: Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians - I'll work with Martians if - and the if is critical - they're willing to cut spending and reduce the debt.

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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.

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