We need to be doing lots of other things with the resources that we have. So economic power works just as well as military power, perhaps even better. And speaking of that, our Military needs to be upgraded.
BENJAMIN CARSONWe’re not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.
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I don’t know why there is this penchant for snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory, they’ll find some way to destroy themselves. And it is just maddening to see it happening.
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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 on the back. I was cool.
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There comes a time when people with values simply have to stand up. Think about Nazi, Germany. Most of those people did not believe in what Hitler was doing.
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Maybe that is the best lesson I learned in my first semester at Yale, because if I had gone to a less-demanding school and continued to sail along on the top, I am sure I would never have attained the subsequent achievements in my life.
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I don’t think really conservative or liberal; I think what makes sense.
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The outstanding doctor constantly emphasized the humanitarian aspect of medical care.
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Economics is not brain surgery.
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If you don’t accept excuses, then people will stop giving them and will start looking for solutions.
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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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It’s not what you do but that kind of job you do that makes the difference.
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Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.
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You know if there is a rabid dog running around your neighborhood, you’re probably not going to assume something good about that dog, and you’re probably gonna put your children out of the way. Doesn’t mean that you hate all dogs by any stretch of the imagination.
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When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.
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I do not want to get rid of the safety net, I want to get rid of dependency.
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We need to start thinking about the needs of the American people before we go and solve everybody else’s problems.
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So after a while, if people won’t accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.
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You know, I’m a physician. I like to diagnose things. And, you know, I’ve diagnosed some pretty, pretty significant issues that I think a lot of people resonate with.
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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.
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I think God’s a pretty fair guy.
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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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If we don’t get the military right nothing else matters.
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Right now, the United States of America is the patient. And the patient is in critical condition and will not be cured by political correctness and will not be cured by timidity.
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The kind of job doesn’t matter. The length of time on the job doesn’t matter… If you work hard and do your best, you’ll be recognized and move onward.
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It’s a very wise thing for people to rationally sit down and look at what the risks are not only on a daily basis, on a weekly basis, on a monthly basis, on a yearly basis, on a lifetime basis, and then plan one’s life accordingly.
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Use PMA: Positive Mental Actitude.
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I serve God, and my purpose is to please Him, and if God be for you, who can be against you?
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