“No major entitlement, once it has been implemented, has ever been unwo...” — Ted Cruz Quote

“No major entitlement, once it has been implemented, has ever been unwound.”

“The strength of our economy allows us to maintain the mightiest military in the world, effectively enforcing a Pax Americana.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make.”

“Many of the alarmists on global warming, they've got a problem because the science doesn't back them up.”

“Nobody wants to take a hard look of the entitlement system to see what it is.”

“Our Founders warned against this. They said don't... that your liberty is only as secure as the people are. Because once they, um, get the ability to vote themselves entitlements from the largesse of the government, liberty is done; freedom is over with. We were warned. We are there.”

“My father and mother had no sense of entitlement for their children.”

“Entitlement is just the grossest kind of human behavior.”

“We need a new tax system. We need entitlement reform. We need immigration reform. These are not easy things. But it is going to take our political system working better.”

“My parents gave me a strong sense of entitlement. And I use that in a very good way.”