Benjamin Carson Quotes
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Marriage is between a man and a woman. No group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn’t matter what they are - they don’t get to change the definition.
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The government is supposed to respond to the will of the people. Not dictate to the people what they are doing.
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I always say if God didn't allow any bad things to happen, we would already be in heaven. And we are not there. That's where trust and faith comes in. You just say, "Lord, I don't understand it. But one thing I do know is that you understand it and that you are in control and I trust you."
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We are not like dogs who are kind of "What am I going to eat today? Oh, there is a rabbit; I am going to go chase it."
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I know a lot of people in Washington would say, well, you know, indigent people can't manage their health savings account. They're too stupid. But they're not too stupid. Somebody has a diabetic foot ulcer, they learn very quickly not to go the emergency room where it costs five times more to take care of it. They go to the clinic.
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We should use our economic power in lots of different ways. I think we can use that in order to keep Vladimir Putin contained, because he is a one-horse show. Energy. And we have an abundance of energy, but we have archaic energy exportation rules. We need to get rid of those, allow ourselves to really make Europe dependent on us and other parts of the world dependent on us for energy. Put him back in his little box where he belongs.
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Illogical thinkers throw names and slurs around because they have no arguments with which to rebut their opponents. Rational people have to keep hammering their points home.
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Our friends can't trust us anymore. You know, Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them. We won't even give them offensive weapons.
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Over the years my mother's steadfast faith in God has inspired me, particularly when I had to perform extremely difficult surgical procedures or when I found myself faced with my own medical scare.
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Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.
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Bullies do whatever they can get away with and keep pushing boundaries until they meet resistance.
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Everybody has barriers and obstacles. If you look at them as containing fences that don't allow you to advance, then you're going to be a failure. If you look at them as hurdles that strengthen you each time you go over one, then you're going to be a success.
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If someone has a Muslim background and they're willing to reject those tenets and to accept the way of life that we have and clearly will swear to place our American Constitution above their religion, then, of course, they will be considered infidels and heretics, but at least I would then be quite willing to support them.
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The doors of the world are opened to people who can read.
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If you hear how wonderful you are often enough, you begin to believe it, no matter how you try to resist it.
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Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.
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We have a war on women, race wars. Income wars, age wars, religious wars, anything you can imagine. A house divided against itself cannot stand it. And it's going to be up to us, to people, to begin the focus on the positive things, on the things that we have in common and stop listening to those who are stoking the fires of division.
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If you're a Christian and you're running for president and you want to make this into a theocracy, I'm not going to support you.
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But, you know, when I look at somebody like Hillary Clinton, who sits there and tells her daughter and a government official that no, this was a terrorist attack, and then tells everybody else that it was a video. Where I came from, they call that a lie.
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You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn't mean you won't fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.
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The brain can process two million bits of information per second. It remembers everything you've ever seen, everything you've ever heard.
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It is absolutely vital that we do all we can to allow Americans to practice their religious ways, while simultaneously ensuring that no one's beliefs infringe upon those of others. We should also serve as champions of freedom of religion throughout the world.
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I'm a good neurosugeon. That's not a boast but a way of acknowledging the innate ability God has given to me. Beginning with determination and using my gifted hands, I went on for training and sharpening for my skills.
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Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.