This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they’re doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire.
BENJAMIN CARSON
BENJAMIN CARSON
Benjamin Carson
Benjamin Carson213 quotes“This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they’re doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire.”
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We’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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Benjamin CarsonBenjamin Carson If we set our priority “the removal of all risk”, we’ll soon have sterile, stagnant, and unstimulating learning environments.
Benjamin CarsonBenjamin Carson The Roman Empire was very, very much like us. They lost their moral core, their sense of values in terms of who they were. And after all of those things converged together, they just went right down the tubes very quickly.
Benjamin CarsonBenjamin Carson We need to start thinking about the needs of the American people before we go and solve everybody else’s problems.
Benjamin CarsonBenjamin 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.
Benjamin CarsonBenjamin Carson If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.
Benjamin CarsonBenjamin Carson Every one of us must fight for it, because we’re fighting for our children and the next generation.
Benjamin CarsonBenjamin Carson America became a great nation early on not because it was flooded with politicians, but because it was flooded with people who understood the value of personal responsibility, hard work, creativity, innovation, and that’s what will get us on the right track now, as well.
Benjamin CarsonBenjamin Carson 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 CarsonBenjamin Carson Marriage is between a man and a woman. No group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn’t matter what they are – they don’t get to change the definition.
Benjamin CarsonBenjamin Carson What is important – what I consider success – is that we make a contribution to our world.
Benjamin CarsonBenjamin Carson We are not like dogs who are kind of “What am I going to eat today? Oh, there is a rabbit; I am going to go chase it.”
Benjamin CarsonBenjamin Carson We’ll always be safe in Jesus Christ if we place our faith in the Lord.
Benjamin CarsonBenjamin Carson I’m a good neurosugeon. That’s not a boast but a way of acknowledging the innate ability God has given to me. Beginning with determination and using my gifted hands, I went on for training and sharpening for my skills.
Benjamin CarsonBenjamin 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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