America 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. If you give me a tithe, it doesn’t matter how much you make.
BENJAMIN CARSONCompassion, 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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If we would spend on education half the amount of money that we currently lavish on sports and entertainment, we could provide complete and free education for every student in this country.
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Anyone with a normal brain has the capacity to do almost anything, but when one has special gifts or talents (and everyone has) and takes advantage of and develops these talents – that person is likely to excel.
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Middle East has been in turmoil for thousands of years. For us to think that we’re going to in there and fix that with a couple of little bombs and a few little decorations is relatively foolish.
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Tell the truth. If you tell the truth all the time you don’t have to worry three months down the line about what you said three months earlier. Truth is always the truth. You won’t have to complicate your life by trying to cover up.
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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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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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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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By reading so much, my vocabulary automatically improved along with my comprehension.
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Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.
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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.
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Even if somebody disagrees with you, their life is still valuable.
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I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.
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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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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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Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations; they are there to make money.
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