Benjamin Carson
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“You can’t allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, ‘Merry Christmas?’ Give me a break. If people don’t like it, yeah, they can go do something else.” -Benjamin Carson
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“In my own personal life, God plays a great role in the risk, because I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do – and not only for operating, but for everything.” -Benjamin Carson
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“Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.” -Benjamin Carson
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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.” -Benjamin Carson
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“Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can’t afford to throw any young people away.” -Benjamin Carson
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“Don’t let anyone turn you into a slave. You’re a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment are more important than developing your brain.” -Benjamin Carson
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“There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren’t getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.” -Benjamin Carson
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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.” -Benjamin Carson
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“Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.” -Benjamin Carson
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“Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it.” -Benjamin Carson
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“We need to understand that we are not each others’ enemies in this country. And it is only the political class that derives its power by creating friction. It is only the media that derives its importance by creating friction… that uses every little thing to create this chasm between people. This is not who…
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“I detest politics, to be honest with you. It’s a cesspool. And I don’t think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don’t believe in political correctness and I certainly don’t believe in dishonesty.” -Benjamin Carson
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“We are more than just flesh and bones. There’s a certain spiritual nature and something of the mind that we can’t measure. We can’t find it. With all our sophisticated equipment, we cannot monitor or define it, and yet it’s there.” -Benjamin Carson
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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.” -Benjamin Carson
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“Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it.” -Benjamin Carson
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“I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.” -Benjamin Carson
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“If you go and talk to most people, they mean well but they don’t have much of a breadth on education, of knowledge of understanding what the real issues are and therefore they listen to pundits on television who tell them what they are supposed to think and they keep repeating that until pretty soon…
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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.” -Benjamin Carson
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“Health care is one-sixth of our economy. If the government can control that, they can control just about everything. We need to understand what is going on, because there are much more economic models that can be used to give us good health care than what we have now.” -Benjamin Carson
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“There is no fulfillment in things whatsoever. And I think one of the reasons that depression reigns supreme amongst the rich and famous is some of them thought that maybe those things would bring them happiness. But what, in fact, does is having a cause, having a passion. And that’s really what gives life’s true…
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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.” -Benjamin Carson
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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.” -Benjamin Carson
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“Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.” -Benjamin Carson
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“There is no fulfillment in things whatsoever. And I think one of the reasons that depression reigns supreme amongst the rich and famous is some of them thought that maybe those things would bring them happiness. But what, in fact, does is having a cause, having a passion. And that’s really what gives life’s true…
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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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“With everything that is complex, we learn. If you don’t learn, then it’s an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and you’re able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success.” -Benjamin Carson
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“Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can’t afford to throw any young people away.” -Benjamin Carson
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“Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.” -Benjamin Carson
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“When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn’t care. I was getting the high fives and the low fives and the pats…
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“Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations they are there to make money.” -Benjamin Carson
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“No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don’t fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.” -Benjamin Carson
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“We live in a country that used to have a can-do attitude, and now we have a ‘what-can-you-do-for-me?’ attitude, and what I try to do is find ways that we can develop common ground.” -Benjamin Carson
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“In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached the boiling point, I lost all rational control. Totally without thinking, when my anger was aroused, I grabbed the nearest brick, rock, or stick to bash someone. It was as if I had no conscious…
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