Quotes from Ben Carson

Every American should memorize the preamble and keep its principles in mind while voting. If we elect only officials who understand the Constitution and its goals, America's future will be safe.

They believe the military is immoral and intellectually inferior

today the expense of modern warfare far outweighs any economic benefits it achieves.

The Constitution of the United States was written in such a way as to restrain government growth and power if there was the will to adhere to it, but unfortunately many of our legislators feel that the Constitution is outdated and largely irrelevant to today's society.

used to tell Ben and Curtis, "I think God made different nationalities to see what our reaction was going to be toward each other. Maybe God made it for a special measurement just to see if we could really love someone who is different from us." One

one day, "you've found your chosen field, and you're already moving into it.

With all of their backbreaking hard work, they felt it unfair to have such a significant portion of the fruits of their labors confiscated by a government that neither represented their interests nor respected their freedom.

I had a large camping knife in my hand and without thinking, I lunged at him, plunging the knife into his abdomen.

If you wouldn't join in a mugging you saw taking place on a street, if you wouldn't physically attack or verbally abuse and cruelly insult an acquaintance in your school, why would you ever ridicule or hurl vicious and hurtful words at a person online?

No group of American citizens should be singled out for extra taxation and no group should be spared taxation on the federal level.

true happiness results less from money than from our relationships—with ourselves, with other people, and with God.

I had focused on the failure because I had not yet acquired the wisdom necessary to attain a better perspective.

seriously evaluating my gifts and talents—an important step when choosing a career.

Laws and regulations should be designed to address normal situations, while providing special mechanisms for the creation of exceptions in abnormal situations.

The important point here is that I had the same brain when I was still at the bottom of the class as I had when I reached the top of the class.

Wealthy people in the United States have created more charitable organizations and been more philanthropic than any other group in the world. We should celebrate their achievements rather than envy them.

am incredibly thankful to call America home. I have been privileged to travel the world and visit all of its major societies, but to be born in a land of opportunity for anyone willing to work hard is an unfathomable blessing that should never be taken for granted.

I am incredibly thankful to call America home. I have been privileged to travel the world and visit all of its major societies, but to be born in a land of opportunity for anyone willing to work hard is an unfathomable blessing that should never be taken for granted.

we must guard against a tendency to require monolithic thought as imposed by political correctness.

What are we fighting against in our culture? Look at what's emphasized. Sports. Entertainment. Lifestyles of the rich and famous. The very same things that other great nations in history became enamored with—before their falls. Greece. Rome. Egypt. Go back and read their histories—they did exactly the same things.

Many of those living in poverty in this country, in fact, would be considered quite wealthy by poor people in other countries.

P–E–E–R–S. That stands for People who Encourage Errors, Rudeness, and Stupidity

Promoting the general welfare does mean that the government should do things that enhance the lives of its citizens. The government should build and maintain infrastructure that supports population growth, business, and self-improvement endeavors. It should not, however, meddle in the affairs of all the citizens or control every aspect of their lives, as is done in many communist and socialist countries.

Between federal, state, local, sales, and real estate taxes, more than half of my income goes to pay taxes. Since that is the case, you might say that I work for the government. This is certainly not the kind of situation that was envisioned by the founding fathers.