Ted Cruz Quotes

There's a lot of work to be done if you're going to run for president or if you're going to run for re-election in a state as big as Florida.

I traveled the country for a year and a half helping Hillary Clinton to try to become president.

I spent almost two years trying to get my father elected president.

We're running in a primary election. What do you do? You go out and seek support. When you're getting support, that's good. When you're not getting support, that's bad.

Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.

The Democratic Party of California is ready to sponsor me. All I have to do is find the right office to run for.

Running for President of the United States requires everyone on the family working on it.

Well, Trump campaign is not an actor. Trump campaign is the official campaign of the president.

We work really hard to get elected.

I think I know a lot about campaigns.

When you are running for the presidency of the United States, you have to expect that you are going to have attacks by all sides.

Klandidate

The hardest thing about a presidential election is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

A political campaign is a movement. It's built around a single candidate. It will evaporate when he or she gets elected.

I ring 8,000 to 10,000 doorbells every time I run.

I've been involved in five presidential campaigns, once as national campaign manager for Walter Mondale.

Running for office is not easy. It's not enough to want it.

I learned more in 11 months in running for president than I did in 12 years of school.

[Donald] Trump still thinks he's in a campaign.

I work really long hours and work a lot and have done press tours and junkets, but there is nothing like a presidential campaign that I have experienced before... I think at one point we visited three different cities in one state in 12 hours. It's exhausting.

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'

I was considering running for political office.

Sometimes running for Congress is a four-year strategy in terms of getting out there and building a network.

Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon.

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.