I do not want to get rid of the safety net, I want to get rid of dependency.
BENJAMIN CARSONWe don’t need to set this up as we either take a bunch of refugees who will be infiltrated with terrorists, I guarantee you. For them not to be would be terrorist malpractice. And we need to – to choose the right choice, not these false choices.
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I think of success as reaching beyond ourselves and helping other people in specific ways.
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It is absolutely vital that we do all we can to allow Americans to practice their religious ways, while simultaneously ensuring that no one’s beliefs infringe upon those of others. We should also serve as champions of freedom of religion throughout the world.
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Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations; they are there to make money.
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What a wonderful thing is to be able to contribute to the restoration of someone’s health. It’s not only a feeling that I’m worth something, but that I have something to contribute.
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Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. You can be green-skinned with yellow polka dots and come from Mars, but if you have knowledge that people need, instead of beating you, they’ll beat a path to your door.
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I have this feeling that as time goes on, we’re not getting any more civilized, and we should be. We’re still running around like the days of Genghis Khan.
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I would prefer that in the Republican party, we not engage in trying to destroy each other, because all that does is hand the election over to the Democrats.
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We need to start thinking about the needs of the American people before we go and solve everybody else’s problems.
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Even if you’re Bill Gates, you’ve got problems. I’m sure he would probably easily give a few billion dollars to get rid of all the problems that he has.
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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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Having grown up in dire poor, the thing that I hated the most in life was poverty.
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Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.
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I am convinced that knowledge is power – to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.
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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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There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.
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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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We need to understand what is going on, because there are much more economic models that can be used to give us good health care than what we have now.
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Marriage is between a man and a woman. No group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn’t matter what they are – they don’t get to change the definition.
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I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.
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There’s no such thing as useless knowledge. You never know what doors it’s going to open up for you.
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When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.
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If you’ve had a bumper crop, you don’t owe me triple tithes. And if you’ve had no crops at all, you don’t owe me no tithes. So there must be something inherently fair about it.
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My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart.
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I’m convinced that we all harvest the fruits of our labors.
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These are just things that we don’t know, and that’s where trust and faith come in.
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When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys.
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