We need to understand that we are not each others’ enemies in this country. And it is only the political class that derives its power by creating friction. It is only the media that derives its importance by creating friction… that uses every little thing to create this chasm between people. This is not who we are.
BEN CARSONKids 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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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.
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We’re not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.
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I’m very hopeful that I’m not the only one who’s willing to pick up the baton of freedom, because freedom is not free, and we must fight for it every day. Every one of us must fight for it, because we’re fighting for our children and the next generation.
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You need an incredible amount of self-confidence to go digging around in someone’s brain.
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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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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.
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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.
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The key is to cut out the middleman and empower both doctor and patient with information about what things cost.
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Illogical thinkers throw names and slurs around because they have no arguments with which to rebut their opponents. Rational people have to keep hammering their points home.
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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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You can understand why I’m a believer. I have seen miracles.
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I believe that things are always going to work out, even if in the beginning it doesn’t look like they are working out. I know in the long run they are going to work out, and it’s going to be fine.
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We have the purveyors of hatred who take every single incident between people of two races and try to make a race war out of it and drive wedges into people. And this does not need to be done.
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Every time I am looking into the depths of somebody’s brain, I’m thinking, ‘This is what makes a person who they are. That structure contains memories. Everything that they’ve ever experienced is right in there.’
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A lot of people simply don’t realize their potential because they’re just so risk adverse. They just don’t want to take the risk.
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