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Let`s Teach Those People That When They Go To Work, They Get Skills, They Meet People, They Get Opportunities, They Get To Climb The Ladder, They Get Much Better Off Than The Person Who`s Just Sitting At Home Receiving Those Things.

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Let`s Teach Those People

Benjamin Carson

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Let`s Teach Those People That When They Go To Work, They Get Skills, They Meet People, They Get Opportunities, They Get To Climb The Ladder, They Get Much Better Off Than The Person Who`s Just Sitting At Home Receiving Those Things.

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Before God,no God,after Him,there Will Be No God.

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When We Are Confronted By Failure And Mistakes, We Can Leave Them Behind And Go On With Our Lives.

It's Very Difficult To Speak To A Large Group Of People These Days And Not Offend Someone.

I Now Had Enough Faith Not Only To Believe There Were Answer, But To Feel Certain That Those Answers Would Become Apparent At Some Point In The Future.

I Always Think It Is Kind Of Funny When It Comes To Wisdom, And I Say God Has A Sense Of Humor, Because My Middle Name Is Solomon, And I Love The Book Of Proverbs Which Is Written By Solomon, And I Have Read From The Book Of Proverbs To Start And End Every Day Since I Was 14.

There's Absolutely No Reason At All That Physicians, Scientists, Shouldn't Be Involved In Things That Affect All Of Us.

The Key Is To Cut Out The Middleman And Empower Both Doctor And Patient With Information About What Things Cost.

Why Should I Give Someone Else Such Power Over My Life?

We Seem To Be Afraid To Give The Kurds Weaponry. We Like To Send It For Some Strange Reason Through Baghdad, And Then They Only Get A Tenth Of It.

We Need To Be Willing To Stand Up And Speak Up For What We Believe.

Now, As Far As Monitoring Is Concerned, What My Point Is, We Need To Make Sure That Any Place - I Don't Care Whether It's A Mosque, A School, A Supermarket, A Theater, You Know It Doesn't Matter. If There Are A Lot Of People Getting There And Engaging In Radicalizing Activities Then We Need To Be Suspicious Of It.

I First Wanted To Be A Psychiatrist. I Decided Against That In Medical School When I Discovered That Psychiatrists Didn't, In Reality, Do What They Did On Tv.

I Always Say If God Didn't Allow Any Bad Things To Happen, We Would Already Be In Heaven. And We Are Not There. That's Where Trust And Faith Comes In. You Just Say, "lord, I Don't Understand It. But One Thing I Do Know Is That You Understand It And That You Are In Control And I Trust You."

What I Agree With Is That We 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.

You Are What You Think.

I've Gotten Literally Thousands Of Contacts From People Across The Country - And The Most Poignant Ones Being Elderly People - Who Said I Had Given Up On America And I Was Just Waiting To Die.

People All Over The Nation Are Starved For Honesty And Common Sense.

Our Schools Too Often Want To Shut People Up So They Can't Talk About Real Solutions. People Who Think Differently Tend To Clam Up Because They Think Something Is Wrong With Their Ideas.

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.

I Am Convinced That Knowledge Is Power - To Overcome The Past, To Change Our Own Situations, To Fight New Obstacles, To Make Better Decisions.

Knowledge And Power

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.

To Think Big And To Use Our Talents Doesn't Mean We Won't Have Difficulties Along The Way. We Will - We All Do... If We Choose To See The Obstacles In Our Path As Barriers, We Stop Trying. "we Can't Win," We Moan. "they Won't Let Us Win."

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Pushing Boundaries

Some People Say You're Weak Because, You Know, You're Not Loud And You're Not Boisterous And You're Not Rude. But The Fact Of The Matter Is, Look And See What I've Done. And That Speaks Volumes About Strength.

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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.

Our Country Since Its Inception Has Been At War, Every 15 Or 20 Years. But The War That We Are Fighting Against Radical Islamist Jihadists Is One That We Must Win. Our Very Existence Is Dependent Upon That.

What The Muslim Brotherhood Said In The Explanatory Memorandum That Was Discovered During The Holy Land Foundation Trial Was That, "they Will Take Advantage Of Our Pc Attitude To Get Us".

Over The Years My Mother's Steadfast Faith In God Has Inspired Me, Particularly When I Had To Perform Extremely Difficult Surgical Procedures Or When I Found Myself Faced With My Own Medical Scare.

Why Should We Be Letting People Smoke Their Cigars In Their Comfortable Chairs In Raqqa?

I See The Insurance Issue, The Coverage Of People For Healthcare In Our Country As A Huge Moral Issue. The Richest Country In The World To Have 47 Million People Without Health Insurance Is Ridiculous.

I Have To Come To Realize That God Does Not Want To Punish Us, But Rather, To Fulfill Our Lives. God Created Us, Loves Us And Wants To Help Us To Realize Our Potential So That We Can Be Useful To Others.

I'm Referring To Anybody Who Is Trying To Interfere With The Process Of Interfering With What The Will Of The People Are. It Is The People Who Should Make The Decision. And Whoever That Decision Is, The Establishment Needs To Get Behind Them And Push Them, Not Be Going In A Different Direction, There Is No Way That Can Be A Successful Startegy No Matter What You Believe Or Who Is The Candidate.

We Create Our Own Destiny By The Way We Do Things. We Have To Take Advantage Of Opportunities And Be Responsible For Our Choices.

I Just Happen To Believe That People Are Not Stupid.

Joseph Built The Pyramids In Order To Store Grain. Now, All The Archeologists Think That They Were Made For The Pharaoh's Graves. But, You Know, It Would Have To Be Something Awfully Big, When You Stop And Think About It - And I Don't Think It Would Just Disappear Over The Course Of Time - To Store That Much Grain.

These Are Just Things That We Don't Know, And That's Where Trust And Faith Come In.

Trust And Faith

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.

Evolution And Creationism Both Require Faith. It's Just A Matter Of Where You Choose To Place That Faith.

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.

If We Allow Ourselves To Dwell On Negatives, On Hurts, On Mistreatments, We Will Be Negative Thinkers. So Be Open To Positive Thinking, Think Big!

Positive Thinking

People Are Starving For That Coming Out Of Washington. And It's Not A Democrat Thing Or A Republican Thing. I Think It's A Politician Thing.

That's The Only Way We're Going To Get Through These Programs. That Is True Compassion. Having People Become Dependent On Others Is Not Compassion At All.

It's A Failure Only If You Don't Get Anything Out Of It, Thomas Edison Said He Knew 999 Ways That A Light Bulb Did Not Work; Yet We Have Lights Today.

I Would Love To See Music Reinstated As An Essential Part Of Schooling. The Culture That It Brings; The Knowledge That It Brings. 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.

I've Had Experiences In My Life That Leave No Doubt In My Mind About The Fact That God Exists. I'm Quite Willing To Debate People Who Don't Think So Because I Want Them To Explain To Me How Did Our Solar System Get So Organized And How Is The Universe So Complex And Yet Well-organized That We Can Predict 70 Years Hence When A Comet Is Coming?

There Is No Job More Important Than Parenting. This I Believe.

The Person Who Has The Most To Do What Happens To You In Life Is You. Not Somebody Else And Not The Environment.

Middle East Has Been In Turmoil For Thousands Of Years. For Us To Think That We're Going To In There And Fix That With A Couple Of Little Bombs And A Few Little Decorations Is Relatively Foolish.

Under Islamic Law, Homosexuals - Men And Women Alike - Must Be Killed. Women Must Be Subservient. And People Following Other Religions Must Be Killed. I Know That There Are Many Peaceful Muslims Who Do Not Adhere To These Beliefs. But Until These Tenants Are Fully Renounced...i Cannot Advocate Any Muslim Candidate For President.

The Brain Can Process Two Million Bits Of Information Per Second. It Remembers Everything You've Ever Seen, Everything You've Ever Heard.

Remembers Everything

It Seems Like When You're In The Race, They Do Everything They Can To Ignore You, So Maybe Being Out Of The Race [i] Might Get A Little More Attention, We'll See.

It's Very Important For People To Know Themselves And Understand What Their Value System Is, Because If You Don't Know What Your Value System Is, Then You Don't Know What Risks Are Worth Taking And Which Ones Are Worth Avoiding.

Being A Doctor At Johns Hopkins Does Not Make Me Any Better In God's Sight Than The Individual Who Has Not Had The Opportunity To Gain Such An Education But Who Still Works Hard.

Every Person Is Endowed With God-given Abilities, And We Must Cultivate Every Ounce Of Talent We Have In Order To Maintain Our Pinnacle Position In The World.

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