Dave Brat Quotes

I think I've had my fill of electoral law.

Once you're in the House for a few terms, it's hard to leave.

I'm tired now of the elections.

We don't need to allow any more Nancy Pelosies to wind up in Congress.

A Senator of the United States … serves his people by joining in the petty squabbles that occupy so much time of the Senate today. I may have grown cynical from long service, but this is a tendency I do not like, and I sometimes think I’d rather be a dog and bay at the moon than stay in the Senate another six years and listen to it.

I came to Congress hoping to change the world; I now hope to be able to leave with my dignity.

If a member of Congress doesn’t pay attention to process of reapportionment as the result of the census, he ends up being called “former Congressman.”

A congressman serves a two year term. As soon as he gets elected, he has to start attending fund raisers.

The American House of Representatives today is a complete travesty upon representative government, upon popular government, and upon government by the majority.

No Reelection

Nothing Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton did together will ever have as much impact on election results as the partisan makeup of congressional districts around the country.

The American political system has become so short term oriented.

If you’ve ever been in politics, I don’t want to vote for you.

The U.S. Senate already has one Arlen Specter too many.

I went to Washington several times at the request of different parties to talk about education reform. I used to always say I felt like I needed to take a shower after I left, because it was so partisan that I just really hated it.

In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.

Politics makes me sick.

I have no intention of running for office again.

I will not seek reelection the United States Senate but will retire from public service in January 2013. There is no reason other than the fact than I think it's time.

I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics.

It is never a perfect time or a right time to step aside. But for me, this is the time. I want to share with you my decision that I will not be a candidate for any office in November of 2014.

Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.

I am running for re-election no matter who runs.

In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.

Can we pray for the re-election of George Bush?