A great operation on the wrong patient is just as bad as a horrible operation on the right patient. So, you have to have all that together.
BENJAMIN CARSONWe’ve gotten into this – this mindset of fighting politically correct wars. There is no such thing as a politically correct war.
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What a wonderful thing is to be able to contribute to the restoration of someone’s health. It’s not only a feeling that I’m worth something, but that I have something to contribute.
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It’s very important for people to know themselves and understand what their value system is, because if you don’t know what your value system is, then you don’t know what risks are worth taking and which ones are worth avoiding.
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We need to be willing to stand up and speak up for what we believe.
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A truly moral nation enacts policies that encourage personal responsibility and discourage self-destructive behavior by not subsidizing people who live irresponsibly and make poor choices.
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We turned our back on Israel, our ally. You know, and a situation like that, of course [Barack]Obama’s not going to be able to do anything. I would shore up our military first, because if you don’t get the military right, nothing else is going to work.
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I’d like to be remembered as someone who got others to recognize the potential that was within them.
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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.
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Knowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself.
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Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.
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So after a while, if people won’t accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.
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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.
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And I know you’re not supposed to say ‘Nazi Germany,’ but I don’t care about political correctness. You know, you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population. We now live in a society where people are afraid to say what they actually believe.
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An important verity about knowledge is that the brain works most effectively with consciously retained information. We more easily remember what we want to recall later.
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Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.
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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.
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