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.
BENJAMIN CARSONWhy 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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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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There comes a time when people with values simply have to stand up. Think about Nazi, Germany. Most of those people did not believe in what Hitler was doing.
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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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Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.
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Everybody has barriers and obstacles. If you look at them as containing fences that don’t allow you to advance, then you’re going to be a failure. If you look at them as hurdles that strengthen you each time you go over one, then you’re going to be a success.
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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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Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations; they are there to make money.
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Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about.
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What a wonderful thing is to be able to contribute to the restoration of someone’s health. It’s not only a feeling that I’m worth something, but that I have something to contribute.
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No matter who you are,no matter what you do-do not be too big for GOD.
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It’s a very wise thing for people to rationally sit down and look at what the risks are not only on a daily basis, on a weekly basis, on a monthly basis, on a yearly basis, on a lifetime basis, and then plan one’s life accordingly.
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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?
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Always give your best and try to figure out how to do an even better job.
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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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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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What do lawyers learn in law school? They learn to win… What we’ve got to start thinking about is how do we solve problems.
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Unless you really know that about yourself, you will never be able to appropriately assess risk.
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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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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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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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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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We need to be willing to stand up and speak up for what we believe.
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Went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn’t care. I was getting the high fives and the low fives and the pats on the back. I was cool.
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There’s no such thing as useless knowledge. You never know what doors it’s going to open up for you.
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We are not like dogs who are kind of “What am I going to eat today? Oh, there is a rabbit; I am going to go chase it.”
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We turned our back on Israel, our ally. You know, and a situation like that, of course [Barack]Obama’s not going to be able to do anything. I would shore up our military first, because if you don’t get the military right, nothing else is going to work.
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