Benjamin Carson Quotes
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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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You can understand why I'm a believer. I have seen miracles.
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I want the government to provide the military so we don't get invaded by somebody and destroyed. I want the government to provide the roads so I can get from point A to B. In terms of taking care of my day to day needs, I want to do that myself. I want my community to do that.
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God cares about every area of our lives, and God wants us to ask for help.
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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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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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You need an incredible amount of self-confidence to go digging around in someone's brain.
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People spending more of their own money on routine health care would make the system more competitive and transparent and restore the confidence between the patients and the doctors without government rationing.
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Law officials put their lives on the line every single day for us, and I think we also owe them a degree of respect.
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Beware the abuse of Power. Both by those we disagree with, as well as those we may agree with.
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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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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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We need to be willing to stand up and speak up for what we believe.
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A culture exists within the Ted Cruz camp that would allow people to take advantage of a situation like this in a very dishonest way.
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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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Creativity is just learning to do something with a different perspective.
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We've gotten into this - this mindset of fighting politically correct wars. There is no such thing as a politically correct war. The left, of course, will say Carson doesn't believe in the Geneva Convention, Carson doesn't believe in fighting stupid wars. And - and what we have to remember is we want to utilize the tremendous intellect that we have in the military to win wars.
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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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A great operation on the wrong patient is just as bad as a horrible operation on the right patient. So, you have to have all that together.
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Let's say somebody were in the White House and they wanted to destroy this nation. I would create division among the people, encourage a culture of ridicule for basic morality and the principles that made and sustained the country, undermine the financial stability of the nation, and weaken and destroy the military. It appears coincidentally that those are the very things that are happening right now.
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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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It's very difficult to speak to a large group of people these days and not offend someone.
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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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Every time I am looking into the depths of somebody's brain, I'm thinking, 'This is what makes a person who they are. That structure contains memories. Everything that they've ever experienced is right in there.'