Dave Brat Quotes

The democratic process is only as great as the people who participate in it.

We must care more about bloodless revolutions called elections than about who wins the elections.

In running for Congress, you have to raise over $2 million. You are going to end up shaking hands with people with whom you would rather not shake hands. 95 percent of all the candidates with the most money, win.

Working people vote!

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

Democracy, if it meant what our forefathers said, that would be great, but unfortunately it's been corrupted by this funding and funding of campaigns. There's a much better way to do it. There could be a small amount of money given by every taxpayer to be dedicated to candidates.

Politicians, even if their motives are not of the purest, come much nearer performing their duties than the so-called "good" citizens who stay at home [on Election Day.]

Your vote is your voice.

Donors don't win elections; voters win elections.

I would never enter politics, but I will go out and vote.

Without the persistence of voters in America getting up to every election, democracy will not flourish.

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.

I love voting day. I love the sight of my fellow citizens lining up to make their voices heard.

I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it.

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible.

In a democracy there are only two types of power: there's organized people and organized money, and organized money only wins when people aren't organized.

In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In fact, individual giving to both the Kerry and Bush campaigns was the highest in our nation's history.

We will not lose this election for lack of money.

When politics is interesting, people go vote.

It's heartening when people hear for the first time that their vote really matters.

And I'm very proud of the 50,000 poll workers and election officials who delivered a free and fair election.

On February 7, 2.2 million Haitians went to the polls and exercised their constitutional right to select a leader. They went by foot, by tap tap and other forms of transportation, traveling hours and standing in line for almost a day to get to their polling places.

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.