Dave Brat Quotes

The Tea Party claims to want small government.

The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives.

The Republican party should have learned its lesson -- that it must be a conservative party.

I believe in the principles of the Republican Party.

Well, look, I'm as Tea Party as it gets.

Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was.

The thought about Republicans is, we're supposed to be Jeffersonian. That government governs the best that governs the least.

I am very much a Republican.

I consider myself a Republican.

There are 100 different doors to come into the conservative movement. You can disagree with 99 of them, as long as you agree on one: more-limited government.

To all of you who are Republicans of long standing, I hope you appreciate that I always tried to stand for conservative values.

Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals.

Actually, I'm a Republican.

I think the Republican Party is supposed to be the party of less government intrusion.

The conservative principles are applicable to the to the most diverse situations.

I'm not worried about a 'blue wave,' I just think Republicans have to act like Republicans and govern like Republicans.

The way I look at it is this, as Republicans, we look for less government interference in our lives.

I am a Republican. I'm loyal to the party of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. And I believe that my party, in some ways, has strayed from those principles, particularly on the issue of fiscal discipline.

I think it's very clear that the American people are frustrated with this move toward socialism. And so whether you're back or white, if you believe that the conservative construct is in the best interest of our future, than you too would be voting with Republicans, and if you had the opportunity to run you'd join us as well.

I think what the Tea Party movement is - I'm all for it; they're out there fighting for our rights, fighting for what our forefathers stood for.

You know, conservatism is not a bad thing. It's not a pejorative.

And my principles go right in line with the Tea Party.

If not for the Tea Party, the Republican Party would not be coming back to its roots.

We need someone with proven conservative leadership experience, not entitlement, to be able to represent us and lead us.

What I say is I am somebody who cares about conservative ideas. I want to see them implemented in governance.