I do not want to get rid of the safety net, I want to get rid of dependency.
BENJAMIN CARSONAmerica need a significantly changed taxation system. And the one that I’ve advocated is based on tithing, because I think God is a pretty fair guy. If you give me a tithe, it doesn’t matter how much you make.
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Evolution and creationism both require faith. It’s just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.
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No one is ever better off with dictators but there comes a time you know, when you’re on an airplane, they always say, “in case of an emergency oxygen masks will drop down. Put yours on first and then administer help to your neighbor.” We need oxygen right now.
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If we set our priority “the removal of all risk”, we’ll soon have sterile, stagnant, and unstimulating learning environments.
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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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Obviously, discipline is necessary for children. Training is necessary for children. Just like if you want to train a vine, you have to apply physical manipulation to get it to go where you want it to go, but as it learns, then you don’t have to do that.
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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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A lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight – and when they come out, they’re gay.
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Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.
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Just learning how to read music requires metrics, and I think that helps you with mathematics. A lot of scientists and doctors have a musical background – it’s very interesting.
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My mother told me if I work hard and I really believed in American principles and I believed in God, anything is possible. That’s why I’m not anxious to give away American values and principles for the sake of political correctness.
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Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God’s sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.
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Some people say you’re weak because, you know, you’re not loud and you’re not boisterous and you’re not rude. But the fact of the matter is, look and see what I’ve done. And that speaks volumes about strength.
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And I’ve always said, ‘If two people think the same thing about everything, one of them isn’t necessary.’ We need to be able to understand that if we’re going to make real progress.
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I know that there are many peaceful Muslims who do not adhere to these beliefs. But until these tenants are fully renounced…I cannot advocate any Muslim candidate for President.
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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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