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.
BENJAMIN CARSONIf 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.
More Benjamin Carson Quotes
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I’m a good neurosugeon. That’s not a boast but a way of acknowledging the innate ability God has given to me. Beginning with determination and using my gifted hands, I went on for training and sharpening for my skills.
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You can understand why I’m a believer. I have seen miracles.
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You should see the eyes of some of those children when I say to them we’re going to have to open your head up and take out this tumor. They’re not happy about it, believe me. And they don’t like me very much at that point. But later on, they love me.
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In our culture, security has become an obsession.
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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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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 commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.
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God would grant all of us wisdom, calm, and peace, that his presence would be in the operating room, and that his will might be done.
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When we feed our fourteen billion brain cells with information that will enrich us and help others, we are really learning to Think Big.
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The kind of job doesn’t matter. The length of time on the job doesn’t matter… If you work hard and do your best, you’ll be recognized and move onward.
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Evolution and creationism both require faith. It’s just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.
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You have to try, you have to try everything you can.
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Just learning how to read music requires metrics, and I think that helps you with mathematics. A lot of scientists and doctors have a musical background – it’s very interesting.
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Why would I want to run for Congress and continue to get tainted with all the things that people get tainted with as they come along the system.
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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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