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Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.

~Ben Carson

Topics: Expression Founding Freedom Freedom Of Expression Freedom Of Speech Here Imposed Largest Media Nation People Pillars Proponent Quite Really Restrictions Say Speech Things Think Who

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I was perhaps the worst student you have ever seen. You know, I thought I was stupid, all my classmates thought I was stupid, so there was general agreement.

~Ben Carson

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There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.

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Topics: Believe Better Brain Few Few People Know Make Only People Smart Surgeon Tendency Than Try You

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Our strength as a nation comes in our unity. We are the United States of America, not the divided states. And those who want to divide us are trying to divide us, and we shouldn't let them do it.

~Ben Carson

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You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn't mean you won't fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.

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It doesn't matter if you come from the inner city. People who fail in life are people who find lots of excuses. It's never too late for a person to recognize that they have potential in themselves.

~Ben Carson

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I always pray for God's guidance in my life and he always provides it. He opens the right doors he shuts the right doors. And I have tremendous faith in him. He just guided my career in an amazing way.

~Ben Carson

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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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If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.

~Ben Carson

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Illogical thinkers throw names and slurs around because they have no arguments with which to rebut their opponents. Rational people have to keep hammering their points home.

~Ben Carson

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: September 18th, 1951

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