Dave Brat

Religion has for too long been placed on the back burner of history, when it may be one of the driving forces…

— Dave Brat

I am running to fix the economy, restore the constitutional system of checks and balances and to end this game of crony…

— Dave Brat

All too frequently, the knee jerk reaction to tragedies by the media and chattering class is to move to restrict our rights...…

— Dave Brat

Fannie and Freddie made two-thirds of all subprime mortgages. That is not a free market institution. That entity, along with the Fed…

— Dave Brat

If we make all of the people good, markets will be good. If markets are bad, which they are, that means people…

— Dave Brat

I'm a Ph.D. in economics, and so you analyze every situation uniquely because every international situation is unique.

— Dave Brat

Everyone's for free markets except when it affects your own business.

— Dave Brat

The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation's in trouble.

— Dave Brat

The Left likes to think of itself as the bulwark of progressive liberal individualism, and yet it seeks to progressively coerce others…

— Dave Brat

My hero Socrates trained Plato on a rock. How much did that cost? So the greatest minds in history became the greatest…

— Dave Brat

The American people want to pay attention to serious ideas again. Our founding was built by people who were political philosophers, and…

— Dave Brat

A vote for Eric Cantor is a vote for open borders. A vote for Eric Cantor is a vote for amnesty.

— Dave Brat

I take policy seriously; I'm not just trying to be a political hack.

— Dave Brat

The problem with modern politics is everybody is doing sound bite stuff. In my stump speech, I give 20 minutes on why…

— Dave Brat

'Free markets' is not a liberal or conservative issue. The rule of law is not a Right or Left issue. Those are…

— Dave Brat

I have an ethics background. It doesn't mean you're perfect. But I tried to set an entirely different bar for politics in…

— Dave Brat

I want to be Eric Cantor's term limit.

— Dave Brat

I'm not anti-Wall Street - I'm anti-distortions to free markets.

— Dave Brat

The political Right likes to champion individual rights and individual liberty, but it has also worked to enforce morality in relation to…

— Dave Brat

I like Ronald Reagan, who didn't play crass politics, and he just articulated and delivered on broad themes that were needed. Free…

— Dave Brat

The only problem with Republican principles is no one's following them.

— Dave Brat

In terms of personalities - I don't care about the personalities, I want leadership that's in favor of my principles: free markets,…

— Dave Brat

The issue is the Republican Party has been paying too much attention to Wall Street and not enough attention to Main Street.

— Dave Brat

I'm not against business. I'm against big business in bed with big government.

— Dave Brat

The good news is dollars don't vote, people do.

— Dave Brat