I came to realize that if people could make me angry they could could control me. Why should I give someone else such power over my life?
BENJAMIN CARSONIf 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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We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities and be responsible for our choices.
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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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I was perhaps the worst student you have ever seen. You know, I thought I was stupid, all my classmates thought I was stupid, so there was general agreement.
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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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I think what’s happening with the veterans is a gift from God to show us what happens when you take layers and layers of bureaucracy and place them between the patients and the health care provider.
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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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If we can redefine marriage as between two men or two women or any other way based on social pressures as opposed to between a man and a woman.
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I began to realize that poverty was really more of a choice than anything else and that I could change that. And it just really depended on how hard I wanted to work.
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Why 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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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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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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If we don’t get the military right nothing else matters.
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Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.
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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.
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I don’t think really conservative or liberal; I think what makes sense.
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