The government is supposed to respond to the will of the people. Not dictate to the people what they are doing.
BENJAMIN CARSONEvery person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.
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I think God’s a pretty fair guy.
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Here is the treasure chest of the world – the public library, or a bookstore.
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I have to come to realize that God does not want to punish us, but rather, to fulfill our lives. God created us, loves us and wants to help us to realize our potential so that we can be useful to others.
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There’s no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there’s no question that we will always have to temper those things with ethics.
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Secular progressivism, which attempts to remove God from the public square, is not consistent with the principles that established the USA.
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Do you have a brain? Then you can think your way out of it. The reason we have brains is so we can figure out how to do things.
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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.
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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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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 of those people with whom we disagree.
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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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People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.
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Nobody can hinder you from doing what you want, if that’s what you set your mind to. You can always find a hook to hang excuses on, but they’re only excuses. You don’t have anyone to blame but yourself. Nobody else makes you fail.
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In our culture, security has become an obsession.
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You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can – prepare, pray and achieve – to make it happen.
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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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If we would spend on education half the amount of money that we currently lavish on sports and entertainment, we could provide complete and free education for every student in this country.
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Kids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you’re saying when you’re being a hypocrite.
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If we acknowledge our need for God, he will help us.
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If God thinks proportionality is fair who are we to say that it is unfair?
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If you hear how wonderful you are often enough, you begin to believe it, no matter how you try to resist it.
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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.
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We’ll always be safe in Jesus Christ if we place our faith in the Lord.
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There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior.
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You have to take a long-term look at something that fundamentally changes the power structure of America.
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Middle East has been in turmoil for thousands of years. For us to think that we’re going to in there and fix that with a couple of little bombs and a few little decorations is relatively foolish.
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Our schools too often want to shut people up so they can’t talk about real solutions. People who think differently tend to clam up because they think something is wrong with their ideas.
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