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If you really want to help the rest of the world, what you've got to do is encourage free markets, private property rights and the strong rule of law and get rid of the dictators in a lot of these countries.

~Dave Brat

Topics: Countries Dictators Encourage Free Free Markets Get Got Help Law Lot Markets Private Private Property Property Property Rights Really Rest Rid Rights Rule Rule Of Law Strong Want World You

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The state can be a force for good. The Rule of law is absolutely essential to a good life. God has instituted government and leaders throughout history and throughout the Biblical narrative. However, the state is growing precisely as the church is fading as a force for good, and this does not seem to be a good trend.

~Dave Brat

Topics: Absolutely Bible Church Does Essential Fading Force God Good Good Life Government Growing History However Instituted Law Leaders Life Narrative Precisely Rule Rule Of Law Seem State Throughout Trend

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

~Dave Brat

Topics: Abortion Also Champion Enforce Gambling Homosexuality Individual Individual Liberty Individual Rights Liberty Likes Morality Political Relation Right Rights Worked

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The Left likes to think of itself as the bulwark of progressive liberal individualism, and yet it seeks to progressively coerce others to fund every social program under the sun via majority rule.

~Dave Brat

Topics: Coerce Every Fund Individualism Itself Left Liberal Likes Majority Others Program Progressive Rule Seeks Social Sun Think Via

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The problem with modern politics is everybody is doing sound bite stuff. In my stump speech, I give 20 minutes on why I think we're off track. And I think people do really want to engage in a serious high-level discussion on how to get the country back on track because people care about their own country.

~Dave Brat

Topics: About Back Because Bite Care Country Discussion Doing Engage Everybody Get Give High-Level How Minutes Modern Off Own People Politics Problem Really Serious Sound Sound Bite Speech Stuff Stump The Problem With Think Track Want Why I Think

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I've been a conservative my whole life. There is nothing hard-right or far-right about anything. I just believe in ideas and that ideas matter in history, and that's my background, and that's the way I'd like to be portrayed.

~Dave Brat

Topics: About Anything Background Been Believe Conservative History Ideas Just Life Like Matter Nothing Portrayed Way Whole

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All too frequently, the knee jerk reaction to tragedies by the media and chattering class is to move to restrict our rights... Our founding documents make it clear that our inalienable rights come from God and that the job of the government is to ensure and protect those God-given rights.

~Dave Brat

Topics: Class Clear Come Documents Ensure Founding Frequently God God-Given Government Inalienable Jerk Job Knee Make Media Move Our Protect Reaction Restrict Rights Those Too Tragedies

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

~Dave Brat

Topics: Against Bed Big Big Business Big Government Business Government

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We want everybody to get rich. The Republican Party is often called unloving, uncaring, not generous, or whatever - that's a bunch of baloney. We're the party that believes in free markets.

~Dave Brat

Topics: Believes Bunch Everybody Free Free Markets Generous Get Markets Often Party Republican Republican Party Rich Want Whatever

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

~Dave Brat

Topics: Amnesty Borders Eric Open Vote

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Economist

Born: Unknown

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