--- title: "Best Ben Carson Quotations" description: "Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/ben-carson-3320_government-workers_it-is-time-for-us-as-a-nation-to-step-ba_543332.jpg" --- # Ben Carson (1951) Psychologist **131** quotes in **188** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet 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 4 > [“it is time for us as a nation to step back and ask ourselves, who is really being treated unfairly — unionized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/it-is-time-for-us-as-a-nation-to-step-back-and-ask-ourselves-who-is/) [Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/) [Government workers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government-workers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/ben-carson-3320_government-workers_it-is-time-for-us-as-a-nation-to-step-ba_543332.jpg) > [“Compromise is most likely when both parties respect each other no matter how much they disagree. In stressful situations where you need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/compromise-is-most-likely-when-both-parties-respect-each-other-no/) [Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/) [Compromise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compromise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/ben-carson-3320_negotiation_compromise-is-most-likely-when-both-part_1729443.jpg) > [“Two hundred years ago when slavery was going on it was illegal to educate a slave, particularly to teach them to read.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/two-hundred-years-ago-when-slavery-was-going-on-it-was-illegal-to/) [Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/) [Slavery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/slavery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/ben-carson-3320_slavery_two-hundred-years-ago-when-slavery-was-g_3048195.jpg) > [“we lose tens of billions of dollars to Medicare and Medicaid fraud every year. This is something we have not been able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/we-lose-tens-of-billions-of-dollars-to-medicare-and-medicaid-fraud/) [Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/) [Fraud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fraud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/ben-carson-3320_quote_we-lose-tens-of-billions-of-dollars-to-m_919212.jpg) > [“Wisdom is essentially the same thing as common sense, the slight difference is that common sense provides the ability to react appropriately,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/wisdom-is-essentially-the-same-thing-as-common-sense-the-slight/) [Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/) [Common sense](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/common-sense/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/ben-carson-3320_common-sense_wisdom-is-essentially-the-same-thing-as_2823267.jpg) > [“What will maintain the pinnacle position of our nation in the world: the ability to shoot a 25-foot jump shot, or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/what-will-maintain-the-pinnacle-position-of-our-nation-in-the-world/) [Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/) [Mathematics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mathematics/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/ben-carson-3320_mathematics_what-will-maintain-the-pinnacle-position_3026700.jpg) > [“Without any incentives for productivity (capitalistic model), they were quite content do nothing, which unfortunately is the by-product of any system that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/without-any-incentives-for-productivity-capitalistic-model-they-were/) [Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/) [Capitalistic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalistic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d10/ben-carson-3320_capitalistic_without-any-incentives-for-productivity_3219258.jpg) > [“We all have choices in the way we react to the words we hear. Our lives and the lives of all those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/we-all-have-choices-in-the-way-we-react-to-the-words-we-hear-our/) [Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/) [Choice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/ben-carson-3320_choice_we-all-have-choices-in-the-way-we-react_15338.jpg) > [“I have also frequently heard people question the faith of Thomas Jefferson. However, in his 1781 notes on the state of Virginia,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/i-have-also-frequently-heard-people-question-the-faith-of-thomas/) [Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/) [Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c49/ben-carson-3320_faith_i-have-also-frequently-heard-people-ques_2498550.jpg) > [“If from the more wretched parts of the old world, we look at those which are in an advanced stage of improvement,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/if-from-the-more-wretched-parts-of-the-old-world-we-look-at-those/) [Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/) [Greedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/ben-carson-3320_innovation_if-from-the-more-wretched-parts-of-the-o_501458.jpg) > [“Over the course of time many Americans have forgotten that “we the people” are actually at the top of the food chain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/over-the-course-of-time-many-americans-have-forgotten-that-we-the/) [Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/) [Food chain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/food-chain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb8/ben-carson-3320_food-chain_over-the-course-of-time-many-americans-h_2562033.jpg) ## Ben Carson by topic [Politics (22)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/ben-carson/) [Time (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/ben-carson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/#itemlist", "name": "Ben Carson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“it is time for us as a nation to step back and ask ourselves, who is really being treated unfairly — unionized government workers or taxpayers who have to support unaffordable benefits?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ben Carson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/it-is-time-for-us-as-a-nation-to-step-back-and-ask-ourselves-who-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/ben-carson-3320_government-workers_it-is-time-for-us-as-a-nation-to-step-ba_543332.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/ben-carson-3320_government-workers_it-is-time-for-us-as-a-nation-to-step-ba_543332.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/ben-carson-3320_government-workers_it-is-time-for-us-as-a-nation-to-step-ba_543332.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“it is time for us as a nation to step back and ask ourselves, who is really being treated unfairly…” — Ben Carson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Compromise is most likely when both parties respect each other no matter how much they disagree. 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