Ted Cruz Quotes

The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang out with politicians.

I'm not a politician. I'm not running for office. I can say what I think.

Town meetings are not bean bag. I've had hundreds of them, and sometimes folks get upset. And that's part of America, part of our process.

It's hard not to be political.

I think about politics, so it would be inauthentic not to talk about it.

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

You know, when we get to a point in this country where dissent is extremism, we've turned, I think, a very dark page in our history. And I don't want us to go there. I encourage Americans and I'm - right now, to go to these town hall meetings, to - to talk to your Congressmen, the people that you elected.

I think it's appropriate in America for anyone to speak out and say what their reaction is to the president's State of the Union speech.

We're trying to build a platform utilizing the Internet that allows the good American people to speak out about their frustration about the polarized country that we live in politically.

I have had many Ashfield people say to me that they might not agree with my political views or my decisions but that they supported my right to be heard.

I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way.

I think Thomas Jefferson would have said the more speech, the better.

And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy.

I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don't get into it because I do comedy already.

Speaking up for America has become a lonely ordeal.

I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.

I'm out there arguing the Labor case. I will do it anywhere and everywhere that I can. I do it within various communities across Australia where I am able to make a positive contribution. And let me tell you, my voice won't be silenced in the public debate because the issue at stake for Australia are so stark.

I don't get political.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

American politics has always had its vulgar side. Democracy has always had its vulgar side. Vulgarity is a transactional cost of democracy.

Me talking about political issues on a social platform was kind of an accident. It's something that's a part of my everyday - it's super central to who I am as a person.

I get paid to talk politics, which I've done my entire life and I would do for free anyway.

I don't believe in political self-censorship.

You have a lot of people asking for town halls with the purpose of disrupting a town hall.

I get involved in the political, but I don't bring it to the stage because that's not my style.