We’re not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.
BEN CARSONWe’re not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.
BEN CARSONThere is no one that we can afford to throw away.
BEN CARSONThe fact that our government is using instruments of government like the IRS to punish its opponents, this is not the kind of thing that is a Democrat or a Republican issue. This is an American issue… A lot of people do not feel free to express themselves.
BEN CARSONI’m not a politician. I don’t want to be a politician, because politicians do what is politically expedient. I want to do what’s right.
BEN CARSONMy thoughts are that marriage is between a man and a woman.
BEN CARSONYou can understand why I’m a believer. I have seen miracles.
BEN CARSONBut, you know, we have these entrenched entities – and I’m talking about both Republicans and Democrats – who believe that when you’re elected to office, you become some kind of member of the aristocracy, and that anyone who challenges you is attacking you and is unpatriotic. This is foolishness.
BEN CARSONMy strong belief is that God created human beings and therefore he knows about every aspect of the human body. So if I want to fix it, I just need to stay in harmony with Him.
BEN CARSONThere are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get along, but that’s not going to be very helpful for us in the long run, in terms of solving our problems. And somebody has to be courageous enough to actually stand up to, you know, the bullies.
BEN CARSONNo matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don’t fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.
BEN CARSONWhat we have to remember is we want to utilize the tremendous intellect that we have in the military to win wars. I’ve talked to a lot of the generals, a lot of our advanced people. And believe me, if we gave them the mission, which is what the commander-in-chief does, they would be able to carry it out.
BEN CARSONWith everything that is complex, we learn. If you don’t learn, then it’s an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and you’re able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success.
BEN CARSONYou know, many people have said that I’m on the edge and I’m maverick for some of the big operations that I’ve done. I’m not at all. I pray; I ask God to give me wisdom, ‘Should I do it?’, guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important.
BEN CARSONYou need an incredible amount of self-confidence to go digging around in someone’s brain.
BEN CARSONThere is so much potential out there in young people and they aren’t getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society.
BEN CARSONHere’s a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.
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