Rafael Cruz Quotes

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Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That's the greatness of this country.

Rafael Cruz

Dream, Country, Greatness

"Ted Cruz's Father Talks About Latinos, Conservatives and the American Dream", www.foxnews.com. April 8, 2013.

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Everything African-Americans - every freedom they have obtained - came from Republicans, not Democrats. All the way back to the Emancipation Proclamation, to the Civil Rights movement. Civil Rights legislation was passed by a Republican Congress.

Rafael Cruz

Rights, African American, Movement

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The fundamental basis is this: Socialism requires that government becomes your God. That's why they have to destroy the concept of God. They have to destroy all loyalties except loyalty to the government.

Rafael Cruz

Loyalty, Government, Fundamentals

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Praise God for those of you who do homeschool. I can't emphasize enough: Do what you can to get your kids out of public school. If you can't afford to put them in a private Christian school, homeschool. Because they're being poisoned in the public schools. They're being brainwashed in the public schools, with all this secularism, with all this immorality that is being immersed into them on a daily basis.

Rafael Cruz

Christian, School, Kids

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The Democrat is the party that's gonna keep you poor!

Rafael Cruz

Party, Poor, Democrat

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Socialism requires that government becomes your god.

Rafael Cruz

Government, Socialism

"Pastor Rafael Cruz, Father Of Senator Ted Cruz, Offers His Thoughts On America And God". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 10, 2014.

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That's the problem with the socialist model, because the socialist model - if you work twice as hard as I do, and you get just the same amount, pretty soon you decide that it's foolish for you to do more than I.

Rafael Cruz

Problem, Foolish, Socialist

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Who was the founder of American education? John Dewey - you know that very well - card-carrying Communist. The American education system, in America - one of the so-called 'founders' was a Communist

Rafael Cruz

America, Cards, Communist

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If you think communism is too hard a word - necessitates for government to be your god. And for government to be your God, they need to destroy the concept of God. That's why communism and evolution go hand in hand. Evolution is one of the strongest tools of Marxism. Because if they can convince you that you came from a monkey, it's much easier to convince you that God does not exist.

Rafael Cruz

Thinking, Government, Hands

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There is a reason why you see such an antagonism to religion. Because communism necessitates the destruction of religion for one reason. Communism needs for government to be your God. So there cannot be any alliance to anything but government. So an alliance to God must be destroyed. That's why socialism and anti-religion go together.

Rafael Cruz

Government, Together, Needs

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We need to send Barack Obama back to Chicago. I'd like to send him back to Kenya, back to Indonesia. We have to unmask this man. This is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of God. And I will tell you what, this is classical Marxist philosophy.

Rafael Cruz

Philosophy, Men, Kenya

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You don't need a hand-out, you need a hand-up! And that's what we need to portray: 'Look, do you want to live in mediocrity? Because that's all that the entitlements are going to do for you. Keep you living in the lowest socio-economic scale.

Rafael Cruz

Hands, Needs, Looks

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Culture of dependency leads to a life of slavery, being totally dependent upon government. And government dictates where they go in life.

Rafael Cruz

Government, Culture, Slavery

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How many times did we hear [Barack] Obama say, 'You didn't build that. You didn't build that - no, you need government.' We even saw Hillary Clinton say - remember her phrase - 'It takes a village to raise a child.' In other words, your children are not your children - they belong to the community.

Rafael Cruz

Children, It Takes A Village, Village To Raise A Child

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As a matter of fact, one of the things in Obamacare is that for the elderly, every five years you must have end-of-life counseling. Translation: suicide counseling.

Rafael Cruz

Suicide, Obamacare, Elderly

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I came to the country [U.S] without speaking a word of English, without a penny, worked full time, 40 hours a week, went to school full time, opened my own small business, ended up being a multi-millionaire. If I can do it, without even knowing the language, anybody can do it. All it takes is determination, perseverance, and like Winston Churchill said: 'Never, never, never, never give up.'"

Rafael Cruz

Country, Perseverance, Determination

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Hispanic values are conservative values. Hispanics are highly religious, they’re very strongly pro-traditional family... not only pro-family, but also pro-life. They are highly patriotic.

Rafael Cruz

Religious, Patriotic, Pro Life

"Rafael Cruz, Father Of Sen. Ted Cruz, Offers Advice On GOP Latino Outreach". www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2013.

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I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found myself involved in a revolution. I remember during that time, a young, charismatic leader rose up, talking about 'hope' and 'change'. His name was Fidel Castro.

Rafael Cruz

Strong, Teenager, Military

"Geraldo Rivera: A Cruz Missile Aimed At Nueva America?" by Geraldo Rivera, www.foxnews.com. October 18, 2013.

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I haven't heard Obama ask us for our consent when he's trying to ram Obamacare down our throats.

Rafael Cruz

Obamacare, Trying, Rams

"WATCH: Ted Cruz’s Dad Calls US a 'Christian Nation,' Says Obama Should Go 'Back to Kenya'" by David Corn, www.motherjones.com. October 31, 2013.

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What I experienced in Cuba, I have become a student of what, how communism operates.

Rafael Cruz

Cuba, Students, Communism

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I can use the teachings of [Charles] Darwin to promote communism.

Rafael Cruz

Teaching, Use, Communism

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Most Americans have their head in the sand about evolution.

Rafael Cruz

Evolution, Sand

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In 1962 and 1963, there were two abominable decisions out of the Supreme Court, and that was taking prayer out of school, and taking bible reading out of school. But you know, if you look at the statistics, two very critical things happened after that date. Number one: teen pregnancy skyrocketed. Number two: violent crime skyrocketed.

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Prayer, Reading, Pregnancy

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It is a lie that to talk to Hispanics you have to talk about amnesty. Let me tell you, the only Hispanics that are in favor of amnesty are the illegals.

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Lying, Favors, Amnesty

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Perhaps there was a correlation between taking prayer and Bible study out of schools, and what has happened in our society.

Rafael Cruz

Prayer, School, Our Society

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"In any socialist government, they must destroy all alliances other than your alliance to the government, and they want the government to become your God. That for you to totally depend upon government. So we become slaves to government, through taxation, through regulation, through all kinds of restrictions, that makes us not free anymore."

- Rafael Cruz,

www.buzzfeed.com, added Jun 14, 2016

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