CNN hosted the Republican Party's second presidential debate Wednesday night. A common theme, outside of verbal beatings Donald Trump took, was the influenced Ronald Reagan had on each presidential hopeful.
A majority of participants had something to say about the real estate magnate, but many stuck to hot topic issues of women's rights and national security, primarily when it came to immigration and foreign policy.
Here's a look at some of the candidates' most memorable comments.
Donald Trump
"I don't think you would be asking this question if I didn't run." - On illegal immigration
"I promise, if I wanted it I would have got it." - After Jeb Bush said Trump wanted his support for a Florida casino
"I won't do that because I said nothing wrong." - Responding to comment made about Bush's wife
"More energy tonight, I like that." - On Bush
"This is a country where we speak English not Spanish."
"We're the only ones, dumb enough, stupid enough, to have that," Trump on birthright citizenship
"Your brother and your brother's administration gave us Barack Obama because it was such a disaster those last three months that Abraham Lincoln couldn't have been elected." - On Bush's family
"I think she got a beautiful face and I think she's a beautiful woman." - On Carly Fiorina's appearance
"Humble." - On his presidential codename
Carly Fiorina
"I think woman all over this country heard very clearly what Mr. Trump said." - In response to Trump's comment about her appearance
"All of us will be revealed over time and under pressure."
"The Democrats don't want this issue solved. They want it to be an issue." - On immigration
"We are misleading young people when we tell them that marijuana is just like having a beer."
"It doesn't help to change our history. What I would think is that we ought to recognize that women are not a special interest group." - On putting a woman on the $10 bill
Jeb Bush
"As it relates to my brother, there's one thing I know for sure: he kept us safe," - Responding to Trump's comments
"I'm my own man. I'm going to create a strategy that is based on the simple fact that the United States needs to lead the world," - When asked about his family's influence
"Forty years ago I smoked marijuana and I admit it. I'm sure other that people may have done it and may not want to say in front of 25 million people. My mom's not happy that I just did."
"Eveready, it's very high-energy, Donald." - His presidential codename, also referencing Trump's previous comment
Marco Rubio
"You better be able to lead our country on the first day. Not six months from now, not a year from now. On the first day in office our president could very well confront a national security crisis. You can't predict it, sometimes you cannot control it." - On Trump's knowledge on foreign policy
"Criminals are going to ignore guns laws because they're criminals."
"America is not a planet. And we are not even the largest carbon producer. China is." - On taking out a climate change "insurance policy"
Ben Carson
"How are young people every going to get a job if you have such a high minimum wage that it makes it impractical to hire them?" - Defending stance that minimum should "probably" be higher
"People who had a pristine record, we should consider allowing them to be guest workers. Primarily in the agricultural sphere because that the place where Americans don't seem to want to work." - On immigration
"Our children will have no future if we out our heads in the sand."
"I think he will make the correct decision about getting the real facts." - On Trump's belief that vaccines lead to autism
Rand Paul
"Do we want someone like that dealing with Iran?" - On Trump's "sophomoric" attitude
"The boots on the ground need to be the people the people who live there." - On sending troops to the Middle East
"This is a crime for which the only victim is the individual." - On legalizing marijuana
Chris Christie
"For the 55-year-old construction worker out in that audience tonight who doesn't have a job, who can't fund his child's education, I gotta tell you the truth: they could care less about your careers." - On Trump and Fiorina bickering
"We shouldn't be destroying our economy in order to chase some wild, left-wing idea that somehow us by ourselves is going to fix the climate."
"I will not shake hands with, I will not meet with, and I will not agree to anything with a country that says death to us and death to Israel."
Mike Huckabee
"The most dangerous person in any room that doesn't know what he doesn't know." - On Obama's presidency
"What is it if not the criminalization of her faith and the exultation of everyone else who might be a Ft. Hood shooter or a detainee at Gitmo?" - On Kentucky county clerk being jailed for expressing her beliefs about same-sex marriage
Scott Walker
"Just because he says it doesn't make it true," - After Trump questioned his economic strategy
John Kasich
"You win the bigger war with the battle of ideas."
"America is great because we've run from the bottom up." - On his lasting influence if elected
Ted Cruz
"This Iranian deal is nothing short of catastrophic."
"The next president ought' to declare a war on cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer because those are the four things that are causing the greatest level of cost."
"The bust of Winston Churchill will be back in the Oval Office and the American embassy in Israel will be in Jerusalem." - On how the world would be different after leaving office
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