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 CARSONYou can read the Constitution all you want, it never says that it is the government’s job and I think where we’ve gotten confused.
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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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White liberals are the most racist people there are, because they put blacks in a box and insist that they think one way – and if they don’t, they attack them as illegitimate, all the while denying that their policies destroy blacks.
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I like the idea of a proportional tax. That way you pay according to your ability.
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Marriage is between a man and a woman. No group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn’t matter what they are – they don’t get to change the definition.
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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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There’s a false narrative that only the political class has the wisdom and the ability to be commander-in- chief. But if you go back and you study the design of our country, it was really designed for the citizen statesman.
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The government is supposed to respond to the will of the people. Not dictate to the people what they are doing.
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I don’t know why there is this penchant for snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory, they’ll find some way to destroy themselves. And it is just maddening to see it happening.
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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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Obviously, discipline is necessary for children. Training is necessary for children. Just like if you want to train a vine, you have to apply physical manipulation to get it to go where you want it to go, but as it learns, then you don’t have to do that.
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Economics is not brain surgery.
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Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement.
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I always say if God didn’t allow any bad things to happen we would already be in heaven, and we are not there.
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Even if you’re Bill Gates, you’ve got problems. I’m sure he would probably easily give a few billion dollars to get rid of all the problems that he has.
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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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