I am convinced that knowledge is power – to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.
BENJAMIN CARSONWhy 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. And you get rid of the deductions, you get rid of all the loopholes.
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Use PMA: Positive Mental Actitude.
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I got involved with classical music when I was in high school and it’s followed me throughout my entire life and probably had a profound effect on my life.
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There 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.
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Our schools too often want to shut people up so they can’t talk about real solutions. People who think differently tend to clam up because they think something is wrong with their ideas.
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I would love to see music reinstated as an essential part of schooling. The culture that it brings; the knowledge that it brings.
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We need to be on a war footing. We need to understand that our nation is in grave danger.
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Compassion, however, should mean providing a mechanism to escape poverty rather than simply maintaining people in an impoverished state by supplying handouts.
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Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
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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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People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.
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We will continue to redefine it in any way that we wish, which is a slippery slope with a disastrous ending, as witnessed in the dramatic fall of the Roman Empire.
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We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.
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Right now, the United States of America is the patient. And the patient is in critical condition and will not be cured by political correctness and will not be cured by timidity.
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God cares about every area of our lives, and God wants us to ask for help.
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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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