Top 50 Relevant Words of the Primetime GOP Debate

Not -- not amnesty, earned legal status, which means you pay a fine and do many things over an extended period of time.

...rehabbing the drug-addicted. Eighty percent of the people in our prisons have addictions or problems. We now treat them in the prisons, release them in the community and the recidivism rate is 10 percent and everybody across this country knows that the tsunami of drugs is -- is threatening their very families. So we're treating them and getting them...

We're not protecting and preserving our entitlement system or reforming for the next generation.

In July of 2004, I came out strongly against the war with Iraq, because it was going to destabilize the Middle East.

...higher education so that people can have access to the skills they need for 21st century jobs. And last but not least, we need to repeal Dodd-Frank. It is eviscerating small businesses and small banks. 20 — over 40 percent of small and mid-size banks that loan money to small businesses have been wiped out over the — since...

And I know how to do this because as governor of the state of Florida I created the first statewide voucher program in the country, the second statewide voucher program, in the country and the third statewide voucher program in the country.

And frankly, fixing our immigration system and turning it into an economic driver is part of this as well.

We were -- we had -- we balanced every budget.

If I'm the nominee, I will pledge I will not run as an independent.

A four percent growth strategy means you fix a convoluted tax code.

CRUZ: Well, I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the scriptures.

...back, they will do it extremely effectively. What I agree with is that we need a significantly changed taxation system. And the one that I've advocated is based on tithing, because I think God is a pretty fair guy. And he said, you know, if you give me a tithe, it doesn't matter how much you make. If you've...

I governed as a conservative, and I govern effectively.

And I don't believe the federal government should be involved in the creation of standards directly or indirectly, the creation of curriculum or content.

We were -- we had -- we balanced every budget.

And this is no particular animus of Israel, but what I will say, and I will say over and over again, we cannot give away money we don't have.

...that has been radically transformed. You know, the largest retailer in the country and the world today, Amazon, doesn't even own a single store? And these changes have been disruptive. They have changed people's lives. The jobs that once sustained our middle class, they either don't pay enough or they are gone, and we need someone that understands that...

And, if Congress wants to mess with the retirement program, why don't we let them start by changing their retirement program, and not have one, instead of talking about getting rid of Social Security and Medicare that was robbed $700 billion dollars to pay for Obamacare.

And I think rather than talking about this as a wedge issue, which Barack Obama has done now for six long years, the next president -- and I hope to be that president -- will fix this once and for all so that we can turn this into a driver for high sustained economic growth.

But I have said that Mr. Trump's language is divisive.

HUCKABEE: It has to do with the incredibly dangerous place that this world is gonna be as a result of a deal in which we got nothing.

But we need to control our border.

I believe that the great majority of people coming here illegally have no other option.

CRUZ: Megyn, of course it's an ideological problem, that's one of the reasons I introduce the Expatriate Terrorist Act in the Senate that said if any American travels to the Middle East and joining ISIS, that he or she forfeits their citizenship so they don't use a passport to come back and wage jihad on Americans.

And I’ll tell you why: because I’m the only person on this stage who’s actually filed applications under the Patriot Act, who has gone before the federal — the Foreign Intelligence Service court, who has prosecuted and investigated and jailed terrorists in this country after September 11th.

All these things languish while we have politicians in Washington using these as wedge issues.

It is ridiculous and tragic...
: -- that people are dying because of the fact that -- that local governments are not following the federal law.

He said, "Well, gosh, the crusades, the inquisitions--"
We need a president that shows the courage that Egypt's President al-Sisi, a Muslim, when he called out the radical Islamic terrorists who are threatening the world.

...had a bumper crop, you don't owe me triple tithes. And if you've had no crops at all, you don't owe me no tithes. So there must be something inherently fair about that. And that's why I've advocated a proportional tax system. You make $10 billion, you pay a billion. You make $10, you pay one. And everybody gets...

And one of the best things we can do is get the government out of the way, repeal Obamacare, put in -- reign in all the out of control regulations, put in place and all of the above energy policy, give people the education, the skills that the need to succeed, and lower the tax rate and reform the tax code.

To me, you terminate the deal on day one, you reinstate the sanctions authorized by Congress, you go to Congress and put in place even more crippling sanctions in place, and then you convince our allies to do the same.

The world has a burgeoning nuclear power that didn't, as the Soviets, say "we might defend ourselves in a war."

...Hasn't been done since. I was a military reformer. I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole and a 350,000 job loss to a $2 billion surplus and a gain of 350,000 jobs. But the point is that we all have solutions. Mr. Trump is touching a nerve because people want the wall to be built....

We've not done that because we've decimated our military.

CRUZ: Yes, it is ideological, and let me contrast President Obama, who at the prayer breakfast, essentially acted as an apologist.

...the military right, nothing else is going to work. Well, I think the bully pulpit is a wonderful place to start healing that divide. You know, we have the purveyors of hatred who take every single incident between people of two races and try to make a race war out of it, and drive wedges into people. And this...

...to learn it. Here is the thing about Donald Trump. Donald Trump is hitting a nerve in this country. He is. He's hitting a nerve. People are frustrated. They're fed up. They don't think the government is working for them. And for people who want to just tune him out, they're making a mistake. Now, he's got his solutions. Some...

The first thing I intend to do is to rescind every illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by Barack Obama.

I wouldn't have gone in, however, for the people that did lose their lives, and the families that suffer because of it -- I know this full well because as governor of the state of Florida, I called every one of them.

HUCKABEE (1)Chris, I disagree with the idea that the real issue is a constitutional amendment.

We didn't even get four hostages out.

And I don't mind having a big beautiful door in that wall so that people can come into this country legally.

We need to be much more strategic on how we deal with border enforcement, border security.

You know, Putin believes in the old Lenin adage: you probe with bayonets.

Unlike Hillary Clinton, who has a radical position in terms of support for Planned Parenthood, I defunded Planned Parenthood more than four years ago, long before any of these videos came out I've got a position that's in line with everyday America.

Knowing what we know now, with faulty intelligence, and not having security be the first priority when -- when we invaded, it was a mistake.

...or problems. We now treat them in the prisons, release them in the community and the recidivism rate is 10 percent and everybody across this country knows that the tsunami of drugs is -- is threatening their very families. So we're treating them and getting them on their feet. And, finally, the working poor, instead of them having come...

And we had rising student achievement across the board, because high standards, robust accountability, ending social promotion in third grade, real school choice across the board, challenging the teachers union and beating them is the way to go.

It's always that the government figures that they can do this off the backs of people, many of whom are poor, and depend on that money, and I just think it's fundamentally lying to people and stealing from them, and we shouldn't be doing it.

One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage.