Well, when did this become a monarchy? You know, we are the people. The president works for us and, you know, we need to remember that.
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.
More Ben Carson Quotes
-
-
I actually don’t think that I’m that much smarter than anybody else. It’s just that I frequently just seem to know what to do, and I think that’s wisdom.
BEN CARSON -
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.
BEN CARSON -
Our strength as a nation comes in our unity. We are the United States of America, not the divided states. And those who want to divide us are trying to divide us, and we shouldn’t let them do it.
BEN CARSON -
I’ve advocated a proportional tax system. You make $10 billion, you pay a billion. You make $10, you pay one. And everybody gets treated the same way.
BEN CARSON -
Quite frankly, having an uninformed populace works extremely well, particularly when you have a media that doesn’t understand its responsibility and feels more like it’s an arm of a political party. They can really take advantage of an uninformed populace.
BEN CARSON -
Evolution and creationism both require faith. It’s just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.
BEN CARSON -
The key is to cut out the middleman and empower both doctor and patient with information about what things cost.
BEN CARSON -
I always pray for God’s guidance in my life and he always provides it. He opens the right doors he shuts the right doors. And I have tremendous faith in him. He just guided my career in an amazing way.
BEN CARSON -
You need an incredible amount of self-confidence to go digging around in someone’s brain.
BEN CARSON -
Nobody is starving on the streets. We’ve always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It is not the government’s responsibility.
BEN CARSON -
What I agree with is that we 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. And he said, you know, if you give me a tithe, it doesn’t matter how much you make.
BEN CARSON -
You can’t allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, ‘Merry Christmas?’ Give me a break. If people don’t like it, yeah, they can go do something else.
BEN CARSON -
People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.
BEN CARSON -
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.
BEN CARSON -
We live in a country that used to have a can-do attitude, and now we have a ‘what-can-you-do-for-me?’ attitude, and what I try to do is find ways that we can develop common ground.
BEN CARSON -
The most important thing for me is having a relationship with God. To know that the owner, the creator of the universe loves you, sent His Son to die for your sins; that’s very empowering. Knowing Him and knowing that He loves me gives me encouragement and confidence to move forward.
BEN CARSON -
I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.
BEN CARSON -
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.
BEN CARSON -
What do lawyers learn in law school? They learn to win… What we’ve got to start thinking about is how do we solve problems.
BEN CARSON -
What we have to stop and think about is that we have weakened ourselves militarily to such an extent that it affects all of our military policies.
BEN CARSON -
There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.
BEN CARSON -
You can understand why I’m a believer. I have seen miracles.
BEN CARSON -
Don’t let anyone turn you into a slave.
BEN CARSON -
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.
BEN CARSON -
So after a while, if people won’t accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.
BEN 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.
BEN CARSON