“Class warfare is an artificial division created for political advantage, and it should be rejected outright”
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Ben Carson
“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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Ben Carson
“It becomes somewhat absurd when some claim that the sight of a Bible or a cross causes them so much psychological distress that it impinges upon their freedom. It is important that we learn to be reasonable and tolerant of everyone's beliefs without going to such extremes that we compromise everyone's rights.”
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Ben Carson
“Thomas Jefferson: “A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.”
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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
“Those who love to talk will experience the consequences, for the tongue can kill or nourish life. PROVERBS 18:21”
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Ben Carson
“I hope we can continue to find ways to encourage integrity in all aspects of government operations”
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Ben Carson
“The bottom line was that we have only ourselves to blame. We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities”
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Ben Carson
“We were very poor. But between the covers of books I could go anywhere, I could be anybody, I could do anything. I began to read about people of great accomplishment. As I read those stories, I began to see a connecting thread. I began to see that the person who had the most to do with you and what happened to you in life, is you. You make decisions. You decide how much energy you want to put behind that decision.”
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Ben Carson
“Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.”
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Ben Carson
“When I was young, I thought classical music was only the background noise for cartoons.”
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Ben Carson
“facts about myself. First, though I could consider myself a smart enough person — I was not quite as smart as I thought I was. Second, I did not know how to do in-depth studying.”
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Ben Carson
“In recent decades we have seen significant deviation regarding the equal application of the laws, but again, it is not too late to rectify the situation if we the people of the United States take enough interest in our political situation to exercise our right as voters and put people in office who will uphold our Constitution.”
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Ben Carson
“If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.”
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Ben Carson
