“all. Unfortunately, polarizing influences—such as unions that want what they want, gay rights groups, isolationists, and others who cannot or will not consider the opinions of others—have become stronger in recent years, robbing from the pool of moderate legislators and increasing the numbers”
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Ben Carson
“I came to realize that if people could make me angry they could could control me. Why should I give someone else such power over my life?”
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Ben Carson
“This is what we’re going to do. I asked God for wisdom, and this is the answer I got.”
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Ben Carson
“What is the best thing that happens if we refuse to abide by the dictates of political correctness? I believe that we could return to a nation that truly cherishes freedom of speech and freedom of expression.”
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Ben Carson
“Do what you have to do so that you can be what you want to be”
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Ben Carson
“Ben learned an important lesson: sometimes to survive you need to face your fear and overcome it.”
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Ben Carson
“It’s time for voters to reject politicians of both parties who continue to jeopardize the financial future of our nation. These people must be replaced with individuals who understand how to balance a budget and reduce our debt by stimulating growth and implementing financial restraint.”
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Ben Carson
“It’s not what you know but the kind of job you do that makes the difference.”
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Ben Carson
“He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city” (RSV).”
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Ben Carson
“One dark night the skeletons that they had carefully hidden in an obscure closet appeared, grabbed them around the throat, and strangled them.”
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Ben Carson
“To THINK BIG and to use our talents doesn't mean we won't have difficulties along the way. We will--we all do. If we choose to see the obstacles in our path as barriers, we stop trying. "We can't win," we moan. "They won't let us win.”
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Ben Carson
“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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Ben Carson
“And, you know, what we need to do—[applause]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 to those people with whom we disagree.”
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Ben Carson
“Governmental programs are often faceless and unsustainable. Handouts create more dependency in the populace, decreasing overall societal productivity and depleting the resources of the agencies providing the handouts. The taxpayer base decreases, the dependent population increases, and taxpayer money runs out.”
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Ben Carson
“try to inspire them to consider the power and implications of such potential. I tell them that no computer network on earth can come close to the capacity of the average human brain. This resource that each one of us has is a tremendous gift from God—the most complex organ system in the entire universe.”
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Ben Carson
