Compassion, however, should mean providing a mechanism to escape poverty rather than simply maintaining people in an impoverished state by supplying handouts.
BENJAMIN CARSONThe left, of course, will say Carson doesn’t believe in the Geneva Convention, Carson doesn’t believe in fighting stupid wars. And – and what we have to remember is we want to utilize the tremendous intellect that we have in the military to win wars.
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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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I would prefer that in the Republican party, we not engage in trying to destroy each other, because all that does is hand the election over to the Democrats.
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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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Education does not necessarily make one wise?
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People spending more of their own money on routine health care would make the system more competitive and transparent and restore the confidence between the patients and the doctors without government rationing.
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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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Patients do better when they have faith that they’re going to do better. That’s why I always tell my patients and their families not to neglect their prayers. There’s nobody I don’t say that to.
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Health care is one-sixth of our economy. If the government can control that, they can control just about everything.
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People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.
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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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The mind controls so much of the body. We are much more than flesh and blood; we are complex systems.
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I got involved with classical music when I was in high school and it’s followed me throughout my entire life and probably had a profound effect on my life.
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There’s no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there’s no question that we will always have to temper those things with ethics.
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Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement.
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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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I am convinced that knowledge is power – to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.
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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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The thing that is probably most important is having a brain, and to be able to figure things out and learn things very rapidly.
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We’re not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.
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Nobody can hinder you from doing what you want, if that’s what you set your mind to. You can always find a hook to hang excuses on, but they’re only excuses. You don’t have anyone to blame but yourself. Nobody else makes you fail.
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You know if there is a rabid dog running around your neighborhood, you’re probably not going to assume something good about that dog, and you’re probably gonna put your children out of the way. Doesn’t mean that you hate all dogs by any stretch of the imagination.
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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 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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The point is, we can decry the dangers we face or ignore them or even allow ourselves to be paralyzed by fear.
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Use PMA: Positive Mental Actitude.
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Successful people don’t have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.
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