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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 3

> [“African-Americans are just as likely to harbor racist attitudes as white people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/african-americans-are-just-as-likely-to-harbor-racist-attitudes-as/)

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[African americans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-americans/)

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> [“I looked up through a scatter of fluttering leaves silhouetted against the rosy autumn sunset.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/i-looked-up-through-a-scatter-of-fluttering-leaves-silhouetted/)

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> [“America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/america-is-great-because-america-is-good-and-if-america-ever-ceases/)

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

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> [“John Adams when he said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/john-adams-when-he-said-our-constitution-was-made-only-for-a-moral/)

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[John adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/john-adams/)

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> [“The founders realized that a gigantic government would require increasingly large amounts of resources from the people in the form of taxes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/the-founders-realized-that-a-gigantic-government-would-require/)

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

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> [“Between federal, state, local, sales, and real estate taxes, more than half of my income goes to pay taxes. Since that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/between-federal-state-local-sales-and-real-estate-taxes-more-than/)

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

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> [“When the government becomes large and intrusive and feels that it has the right to as much of the resources owned by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/when-the-government-becomes-large-and-intrusive-and-feels-that-it-has/)

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[Government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government/)

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> [“The insidious nature of socialism, cloaked in a façade of compassion, makes it very dangerous to an uneducated and trusting populace. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/the-insidious-nature-of-socialism-cloaked-in-a-fa-ade-of-compassion/)

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[Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/)

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> [“One of the greatest journalists of all time was Walter Cronkite, whose integrity was never questioned. Although his political leanings were decidedly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/one-of-the-greatest-journalists-of-all-time-was-walter-cronkite-whose/)

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

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> [“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men,” James Madison pointed out, “the great difficulty lies in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/in-framing-a-government-which-is-to-be-administered-by-men-over-men-2/)

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[Government control](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government-control/)

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> [“Our problems are not ours alone — we share them with future generations — and we have a moral obligation to hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/our-problems-are-not-ours-alone-we-share-them-with-future-generations/)

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

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> [“unity is possible among the people of our nation with the right kind of leadership. But we the people must for ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/unity-is-possible-among-the-people-of-our-nation-with-the-right-kind/)

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[Indivisible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indivisible/)

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> [“So differential treatment is a part of socialism just as it is in capitalism, but in the latter system, self-dependency and self-reliance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/so-differential-treatment-is-a-part-of-socialism-just-as-it-is-in/)

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[Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/)

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> [“In the not too distant past, public service jobs in the United States usually paid less than private-sector jobs and didn’t have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/in-the-not-too-distant-past-public-service-jobs-in-the-united-states/)

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[Easy life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/easy-life/)

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> [“Benjamin Franklin, however, wrote: To relieve the misfortunes of our fellow creatures is concurring with the Deity; it is godlike; but, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/benjamin-franklin-however-wrote-to-relieve-the-misfortunes-of-our/)

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[Benjamin franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [“The enormous salaries paid to sports stars and entertainers lead people to believe that they are the most important people in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/the-enormous-salaries-paid-to-sports-stars-and-entertainers-lead/)

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[Football](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/football/)

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> [“Many well-meaning Americans have bought into the PC speech code, thinking that by being extra careful not to offend anyone we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/many-well-meaning-americans-have-bought-into-the-pc-speech-code-2/)

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[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

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> [“Our founders did not believe that our society could thrive without this kind of moral social structure. In fact, it was our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/our-founders-did-not-believe-that-our-society-could-thrive-without/)

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

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> [“If most of the people in the country believe that America is generally fair and decent, it becomes more difficult for Saul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/if-most-of-the-people-in-the-country-believe-that-america-is/)

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

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> [“The best way to respond to distracting personal attacks is to practice bringing the conversation back to the issue at hand. Never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/the-best-way-to-respond-to-distracting-personal-attacks-is-to/)

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[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

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> [“The very fact that so many people are joining the Tea Party or becoming politically Independent suggests that people are less willing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/the-very-fact-that-so-many-people-are-joining-the-tea-party-or/)

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[Biased](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biased/)

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> [“The real question is, will we as Americans, accustomed to freedom, continue to sheepishly submit to the purveyors of political correctness without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/the-real-question-is-will-we-as-americans-accustomed-to-freedom/)

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

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> [“Because if you don’t accept excuses, pretty soon people stop giving them, and they start looking for solutions. And that is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/because-if-you-don-t-accept-excuses-pretty-soon-people-stop-giving/)

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[Excuses](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/excuses/)

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> [“capitalism is an economic system in which individuals or corporate groups have the right to make private decisions and to acquire private…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/capitalism-is-an-economic-system-in-which-individuals-or-corporate/)

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[Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/)

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> [“A gigantic, bloated government has to keep itself busy in order to justify its existence; hence, you have more regulations and meddling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/a-gigantic-bloated-government-has-to-keep-itself-busy-in-order-to/)

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[Busy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/busy/)

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> [“The human brain has billions of neurons and hundreds of billions of interconnections. It can process more than two million bits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/the-human-brain-has-billions-of-neurons-and-hundreds-of-billions-of/)

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[Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/)

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> [“When the vision of the U.S. government included guarding the rights of people but staying out of their way, America was an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/when-the-vision-of-the-u-s-government-included-guarding-the-rights-of/)

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

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> [“If we can just tone down the rhetoric and discuss things like rational human beings, applying justice equally and not based on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/if-we-can-just-tone-down-the-rhetoric-and-discuss-things-like/)

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[Justice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/justice/)

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> [“Proverbs 11:9: Evil words destroy one’s friends; wise discernment rescues the godly. Proverbs 11:12: It is foolish to belittle a neighbor; a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/proverbs-11-9-evil-words-destroy-one-s-friends-wise-discernment/)

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[Proverbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/proverbs/)

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> [“I believe the logical approach would be to have each governmental agency and department trim its budget by 10 percent — with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/i-believe-the-logical-approach-would-be-to-have-each-governmental/)

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[Budget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/budget/)

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> [“The Constitution is quite clear that the government has the right to tax in order to support its programs, but there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/the-constitution-is-quite-clear-that-the-government-has-the-right-to/)

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

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> [“The fact that the Republican Party in particular often seems to stand for principle, only to cave in to pressure at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/the-fact-that-the-republican-party-in-particular-often-seems-to-stand/)

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[Last minute](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/last-minute/)

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> [“I submit that what is harsh is continuing to encourage irresponsible behavior and generating a permanent underclass. We also simply cannot afford…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/i-submit-that-what-is-harsh-is-continuing-to-encourage-irresponsible/)

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[Habits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/habits/)

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> [“If we are ever going to have adequate funding for health care and other major line items in our budget, however, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/if-we-are-ever-going-to-have-adequate-funding-for-health-care-and/)

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[Budget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/budget/)

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> [“Several times the ancient Greeks attempted to utilize democratic mass participation in governing their city-states, but each time it resulted in tyranny.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/several-times-the-ancient-greeks-attempted-to-utilize-democratic-mass/)

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[Ancient greek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient-greek/)

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> [“do not believe this was the result our forefathers envisioned when they fought so hard to establish freedom of the press. Such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/do-not-believe-this-was-the-result-our-forefathers-envisioned-when/)

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[Common decency](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/common-decency/)

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> [“Why is tort reform not included in the health-care bill?” “It’s really quite simple,” he replied. “The Trial Lawyers Association gives us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/why-is-tort-reform-not-included-in-the-health-care-bill-it-s-really/)

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[Democratic party](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/democratic-party/)

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> [“Our founding fathers placed so much emphasis on nurturing a well-educated populace because they knew that our system of democracy could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/our-founding-fathers-placed-so-much-emphasis-on-nurturing-a-well/)

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

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> [“John Adams even appealed the matter to higher spiritual realities when he said, “The moment the idea is admitted into society that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/john-adams-even-appealed-the-matter-to-higher-spiritual-realities/)

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[John adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/john-adams/)

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> [“It is perhaps the most important civic duty of every citizen to inform themselves about the issues of the day and cast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/it-is-perhaps-the-most-important-civic-duty-of-every-citizen-to/)

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[Civic duty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civic-duty/)

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## Ben Carson by topic

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