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# Ben Carson

(1951)   Psychologist

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Ben Carson is a psychologist.

## Quick Facts About Ben Carson

Born September 18, 1951

Profession Psychologist

## About Ben Carson

He was a pioneer in neurosurgery.

##  Quotes by Ben Carson · Page 2

> [“nation also felt they were victims of injustice, but they”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/nation-also-felt-they-were-victims-of-injustice-but-they/)

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[Injustice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/injustice/)

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> [“There is no freedom without bravery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/there-is-no-freedom-without-bravery/)

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[Bravery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bravery/)

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> [“Proverbs 29:18 says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/proverbs-29-18-says-where-there-is-no-vision-the-people-perish/)

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[Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/)

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> [“how important it was to learn your own strengths and weaknesses from your mistakes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/how-important-it-was-to-learn-your-own-strengths-and-weaknesses-from/)

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[Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/)

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> [“One of America’s most respected legacies is indeed that of rebelling for change.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/one-of-america-s-most-respected-legacies-is-indeed-that-of-rebelling/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [“Proverbs 16:32, which says that mightier is the man who can control his temper than the man who can conquer a city.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/proverbs-16-32-which-says-that-mightier-is-the-man-who-can-control/)

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[Mightier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mightier/)

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> [“Today we produce only 60,000 to 70,000 engineers per year, 40 percent of whom are foreigners, while China produces over 400,000 engineers per year.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/today-we-produce-only-60-000-to-70-000-engineers-per-year-40-percent/)

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[Engineers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/engineers/)

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> [“I do not believe that the founding fathers intended for a fourth branch of government to emerge — that of special interest groups.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/i-do-not-believe-that-the-founding-fathers-intended-for-a-fourth/)

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[Founding fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/founding-fathers/)

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> [“I’m convinced that much of the success I have experienced in life is a result of learning from my failures.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/i-m-convinced-that-much-of-the-success-i-have-experienced-in-life-is/)

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[Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/)

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> [“If they are afraid or refuse to stand up to the radicals among them, they will share in the guilt for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/if-they-are-afraid-or-refuse-to-stand-up-to-the-radicals-among-them/)

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[Holocaust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/holocaust/)

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> [“While wisdom dictates the need for education, education does not necessarily make one wise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/while-wisdom-dictates-the-need-for-education-education-does-not/)

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[Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/)

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> [“Sometimes one has to be humble enough to start at the bottom with a minimum-wage job even if you have a college…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/sometimes-one-has-to-be-humble-enough-to-start-at-the-bottom-with-a/)

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[Careers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/careers/)

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> [“The Constitution of the United States was written in such a way as to restrain government growth and power if there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/the-constitution-of-the-united-states-was-written-in-such-a-way-as-to/)

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[Constitution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/constitution/)

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> [“government that continues to tax the rich until there are no more rich, and then begins to tax everyone else without ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/government-that-continues-to-tax-the-rich-until-there-are-no-more/)

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[Money](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/money/)

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> [“Since Americans are by nature individualistic and entrepreneurial, by definition, then, the socialist program is anti-American, to say nothing of totalitarian. Socialism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/since-americans-are-by-nature-individualistic-and-entrepreneurial-by/)

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[Nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/)

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> [“am incredibly thankful to call America home. I have been privileged to travel the world and visit all of its major societies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/am-incredibly-thankful-to-call-america-home-i-have-been-privileged-to/)

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[Blessings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessings/)

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> [“I practiced in Australia for one year as a neurosurgeon, and my malpractice premiums were only $200 a year at that time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/i-practiced-in-australia-for-one-year-as-a-neurosurgeon-and-my/)

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[Health](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/health/)

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> [“With all of their backbreaking hard work, they felt it unfair to have such a significant portion of the fruits of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/with-all-of-their-backbreaking-hard-work-they-felt-it-unfair-to-have/)

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[Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/)

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> [“If we are to put an end to division, people from all political persuasions will have to stop fighting one another and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/if-we-are-to-put-an-end-to-division-people-from-all-political/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [“It is clear from the writings of our founding fathers that they disagreed with such excessive taxation to redistribute wealth. In the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/it-is-clear-from-the-writings-of-our-founding-fathers-that-they/)

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[Founding fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/founding-fathers/)

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> [“There have been many stories recently about the bullying epidemic that seems to be occurring in our public school system. We should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/there-have-been-many-stories-recently-about-the-bullying-epidemic/)

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[Bullying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullying/)

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> [“Anytime you give to government the responsibility and authority to provide government-made jobs, old-age financial security, “free” health care, and “free” education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/anytime-you-give-to-government-the-responsibility-and-authority-to/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [“Saul Alinsky advised his followers to level sharp attacks against their opponents with the goal of goading them into rash counterattacks that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/saul-alinsky-advised-his-followers-to-level-sharp-attacks-against/)

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[Goals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goals/)

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> [“Those who propelled our nation to the pinnacle status in a very short period of time also knew the importance of sacrifice.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/those-who-propelled-our-nation-to-the-pinnacle-status-in-a-very-short/)

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[Federal government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/federal-government/)

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> [“The founders wanted generally accepted religious values to be taught in our schools without favoring any particular denomination, but they never intended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/the-founders-wanted-generally-accepted-religious-values-to-be-taught/)

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[Religion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion/)

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> [“As long as you have broad representation from many parts of society, representative government works extremely well. And it works even better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/as-long-as-you-have-broad-representation-from-many-parts-of-society/)

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[Politics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/)

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> [“I believe the only thing that will correct our downward trajectory is the rekindling of the enthusiasm for individual freedom and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/i-believe-the-only-thing-that-will-correct-our-downward-trajectory-is/)

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[Federal government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/federal-government/)

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> [“We also need a way to regulate the way some companies and individuals buy up patents of promising ideas that would threaten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/we-also-need-a-way-to-regulate-the-way-some-companies-and-individuals/)

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[Patents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/patents/)

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> [“Until the antireligion zealots learn the meaning of the word tolerance, we will continue to experience unnecessary strife.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/until-the-antireligion-zealots-learn-the-meaning-of-the-word/)

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[Tolerance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tolerance/)

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> [“If Americans simply choose to vote for the person who has a D or an R by their name, we will get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/if-americans-simply-choose-to-vote-for-the-person-who-has-a-d-or-an-r/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [“guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/guarantee-to-everyone-the-free-exercise-of-his-industry-and-the/)

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[Fitness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fitness/)

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> [“Do you have a brain?” And if the answer was yes, then she said, “Then you could have thought your way out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/do-you-have-a-brain-and-if-the-answer-was-yes-then-she-said-then-you/)

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[Thought](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thought/)

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> [“one can only take care of everyone until there’s no more money, at which time one can take care of no one”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/one-can-only-take-care-of-everyone-until-there-s-no-more-money-at/)

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[Care](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/care/)

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> [“we must guard against a tendency to require monolithic thought as imposed by political correctness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/we-must-guard-against-a-tendency-to-require-monolithic-thought-as/)

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[Correctness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/correctness/)

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> [“If two people believe the same thing about everything, one of them isn’t necessary”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/if-two-people-believe-the-same-thing-about-everything-one-of-them-isn/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [“the level of tolerance for religious differences is much greater than the politically correct crowd would have us believe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/the-level-of-tolerance-for-religious-differences-is-much-greater-than/)

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[Politically correct](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politically-correct/)

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> [“Only through the careful study of historical documents can we prevent the distortion of where we came from and who we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/only-through-the-careful-study-of-historical-documents-can-we-prevent/)

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[Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/)

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> [“If mediocrity becomes the norm, the quantity of outstanding producers will decline, as will general prosperity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/if-mediocrity-becomes-the-norm-the-quantity-of-outstanding-producers/)

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[Mediocrity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mediocrity/)

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> [“When the party becomes more important than principle, we are in dire straits,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/when-the-party-becomes-more-important-than-principle-we-are-in-dire/)

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[Important](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/important/)

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> [“we the people should expect integrity from the news media and unbiased reporting of newsworthy events.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/we-the-people-should-expect-integrity-from-the-news-media-and/)

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[Journalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/)

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## Ben Carson by topic

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