Benjamin Carson Quotes
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I have no problem whatsoever with allowing gay people to live as they please, as long as they don't try to impose their lifestyle on everyone else.
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Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
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If we make every attempt to increase out knowledge in order to use it for human good, it will make a difference in us and in our world.
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The person who has the most to do what happens to you in life is you. Not somebody else and not the environment.
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What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.
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We're not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.
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If we don't get the military right nothing else matters.
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Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It is not the government's responsibility.
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By thinking big, we can transform our world.
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And I know you’re not supposed to say ‘Nazi Germany,’ but I don’t care about political correctness. You know, you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population. We now live in a society where people are afraid to say what they actually believe.
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We need to be on a war footing. We need to understand that our nation is in grave danger.
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Just because somebody happens to disagree with you about something doesn't mean that they become your mortal enemy and that you should try to destroy them and destroy their life and destroy their family.
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Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.
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It's very difficult to speak to a large group of people these days and not offend someone. I know people walk around with their feelings on their shoulders waiting for you to say something - ahh - did you hear that? And they can't hear anything else you say. The PC police are out in force at all times.
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The mind controls so much of the body. We are much more than flesh and blood; we are complex systems. Patients do better when they have faith that they're going to do better. That's why I always tell my patients and their families not to neglect their prayers. There's nobody I don't say that to.
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What do lawyers learn in law school? They learn to win... What we've got to start thinking about is how do we solve problems.
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Anyone with a normal brain can do almost anything.
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You know if there is a rabid dog running around your neighborhood, you're probably not going to assume something good about that dog, and you're probably gonna put your children out of the way. Doesn't mean that you hate all dogs by any stretch of the imagination.
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You need an incredible amount of self-confidence to go digging around in someone's brain.
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There's no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there's no question that we will always have to temper those things with ethics.
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I am convinced that knowledge is power - to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.
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If you don't accept excuses, then people will stop giving them and will start looking for solutions.
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Stop thinking of failing.
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Why should we be letting people smoke their cigars in their comfortable chairs in Raqqa?