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We’ve gotten into this – this mindset of fighting politically correct wars. There is no such thing as a politically correct war.

Benjamin Carson

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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Airplane Needs Oxygen
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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People Romance Running
We need to be doing lots of other things with the resources that we have. So economic power works just as well as military power, perhaps even better. And speaking of that, our Military needs to be upgraded.
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Economic Military Needs
An important verity about knowledge is that the brain works most effectively with consciously retained information. We more easily remember what we want to recall later.
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Helping Knowledge Learning Others
I detest politics, to be honest with you. It’s a cesspool. And I don’t think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don’t believe in political correctness and I certainly don’t believe in dishonesty.
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Believe Political Thinking
We need to be on a war footing. We need to understand that our nation is in grave danger.
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Danger Needs War
Unless you really know that about yourself, you will never be able to appropriately assess risk.
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Appropriately Assess Really Risk Unless
Do you have a brain? Then you can think your way out of it. The reason we have brains is so we can figure out how to do things.
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Brain Thinking Way
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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Boisterous People Rude
I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.
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Black Decided Stacked Wanted
What is important – what I consider success – is that we make a contribution to our world.
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Important Our Success World
A truly moral nation enacts policies that encourage personal responsibility and discourage self-destructive behavior by not subsidizing people who live irresponsibly and make poor choices.
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People Responsibility Self
I like the idea of a proportional tax. That way you pay according to your ability.
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Ideas Pay Way
Maybe that’s the problem. But whether they’ve heard it of not. The issue is the train that is going off the cliff. After we save the country, after we keep the train from going off the cliff,
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Christian Country Thinking
I think God’s a pretty fair guy.
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Fairs Guy Thinking
I hope we, the American people, can come to the understanding that we are not each other’s enemies. The enemies are those who are stoking the flames of division, trying to divide us into every category.
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Flames People Understanding
Economics is not brain surgery.
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Brain Neurosurgeon Wise Words
Do your best and let God do the rest.
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Best Done God Rest
I’d like to be remembered as someone who got others to recognize the potential that was within them.
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Like Potential Remembered Someone
You know, I’m a physician. I like to diagnose things. And, you know, I’ve diagnosed some pretty, pretty significant issues that I think a lot of people resonate with.
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Issues People Thinking
We’ve gotten into this – this mindset of fighting politically correct wars. There is no such thing as a politically correct war.
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Believe Stupid War
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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Billion Bills Dollars Giving
You pray for yourself and just ask God to give you strength.
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Giving God Praying Strength
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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Clothes Hang Long School Wanted
The government is supposed to respond to the will of the people. Not dictate to the people what they are doing.
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Government People Suppose
If we recognize our talents and use them appropriately, and choose a field that uses those talents, we will rise to the top of our field.
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Fields Rise Talent Top Use
God cares about every area of our lives, and God wants us to ask for help.
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Care Helping Want

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