Benjamin Carson Quotes
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We need to be willing to stand up and speak up for what we believe.
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We seem to be afraid to give the Kurds weaponry. We like to send it for some strange reason through Baghdad, and then they only get a tenth of it.
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If we recognize our talents and use them appropriately, and choose a field that uses those talents, we will rise to the top of our field.
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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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There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.
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Ruthless is not necessarily the word I would use, but tough, resolute, understanding what the problems are, and understanding that the job of the president of the United States is to protect the people of this country and to do what is necessary in order to get it done.
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The thing that is probably most important is having a brain, and to be able to figure things out and learn things very rapidly.
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It was very interesting having an opportunity to talk to the Syrians themselves. And I asked them: What do you want? What is your supreme desire? Their supreme desire was to be settled back in their own country. I said, "What can Americans and other countries do?" They said, "Support the efforts of those who are trying to provide safety for us, including the Jordanians."
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Having grown up in dire poor, the thing that I hated the most in life was poverty.
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I think what's happening with the veterans is a gift from God to show us what happens when you take layers and layers of bureaucracy and place them between the patients and the health care provider. And if we can't get it right, with the relatively small number of veterans, how in the world are you going to do it with the entire population?
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I just happen to believe that people are not stupid.
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I'm the only one to take out half a brain, although you would think, if you go to Washington, that someone had beat me to it.
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Do you have a brain? Then you can think your way out of it. The reason we have brains is so we can figure out how to do things.
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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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You pray for yourself and just ask God to give you strength.
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There's no such thing as useless knowledge. You never know what doors it's going to open up for you.
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Evolution and creationism both require faith. It's just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.
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Through the use of books I had the whole world at my feet: could travel anywhere, meet anyone, and do anything.
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We recognize that North Korea is in severe financial straits, and they have decided to use their resources to build their military, rather than to feed their people and to take care of the various humanitarian responsibilities that they have.
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I don't do a lot of talking. I do a lot of doing. And really, it says more about a person than how much they talk.
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We need to reorient people in terms of what real success is all about.
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Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery.
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If you don't have anything useful to say then you attack people. If you feel that your house of cards has been discovered and is starting to come unraveled, you become very desperate. Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don't sit around and call each other names. That's what you can find on a third grade playground.
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I always pray before any of the operation. I think God help me know what to do.