Benjamin Carson

My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart.

— Benjamin Carson

We need to be on a war footing. We need to understand that our nation is in grave danger.

— Benjamin Carson

Before Obama, people barely noticed skin color; that goes back 150 years. Blacks were happy and grateful for what we were given.

— Benjamin Carson

No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it.…

— Benjamin Carson

What we have to stop and think about is that we have weakened ourselves militarily to such an extent that if affects…

— Benjamin Carson

We seem to be afraid to give the Kurds weaponry. We like to send it for some strange reason through Baghdad, and…

— Benjamin Carson

I consider myself a logical person and, you know, a lot of people try to categorize me in one way or another.

— Benjamin Carson

Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices.

— Benjamin Carson

You can't allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, 'Merry Christmas?'…

— Benjamin Carson

Every time I am looking into the depths of somebody's brain, I'm thinking, 'This is what makes a person who they are.…

— Benjamin Carson

Call it whatever you need to call it to make it feel good to you. But the fact of the matter is,…

— Benjamin Carson

Why I've advocated a proportional tax system. You make $10 billion, you pay a billion. You make $10, you pay one. And…

— Benjamin Carson

There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the…

— Benjamin Carson

There are two different Donald Trump's. There's the one you see on the stage and there is the one who is very…

— Benjamin Carson

It's very difficult to speak to a large group of people these days and not offend someone. I know people walk around…

— Benjamin Carson

But, you know, we have these entrenched entities - and I'm talking about both Republicans and Democrats - who believe that when…

— Benjamin Carson

Do you have a brain? Then you can think your way out of it. The reason we have brains is so we…

— Benjamin Carson

The outstanding doctor constantly emphasized the humanitarian aspect of medical care.

— Benjamin Carson

A lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight — and when they come out, they’re gay.

— Benjamin Carson

I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.

— Benjamin Carson

I would love us to bring back our Juedo-Christian values and begin to teach those things, at a time other than a…

— Benjamin Carson

People are starving for that coming out of Washington. And it's not a Democrat thing or a Republican thing. I think it's…

— Benjamin Carson

If you don't accept excuses, then people will stop giving them and will start looking for solutions.

— Benjamin Carson

The point is, we can decry the dangers we face or ignore them or even allow ourselves to be paralyzed by fear.

— Benjamin Carson

A great operation on the wrong patient is just as bad as a horrible operation on the right patient. So, you have…

— Benjamin Carson

We have the world's best military, even though he (President Barack Obama) has done everything he can to diminish it.

— Benjamin Carson

There's no such thing as useless knowledge. You never know what doors it's going to open up for you.

— Benjamin Carson

We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities and be responsible for…

— Benjamin Carson

We need to start thinking about the needs of the American people before we go and solve everybody else's problems.

— Benjamin Carson

I began to realize that poverty was really more of a choice than anything else and that I could change that. And…

— Benjamin Carson

I came away with the idea that respect is really the solution. We need to teach young people to respect authority -…

— Benjamin Carson

Kids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you're saying when you're being a…

— Benjamin Carson

You need an incredible amount of self-confidence to go digging around in someone's brain.

— Benjamin Carson

Politics is corrupting the American judicial system in much the same way the judicial system was corrupted in Nazi Germany.

— Benjamin Carson

A lot of people simply don't realize their potential because they're just so risk adverse. They just don't want to take the…

— Benjamin Carson

I think of success as reaching beyond ourselves and helping other people in specific ways.

— Benjamin Carson

Don't let anyone turn you into a slave. You're a slave if you let the media tell you that sports and entertainment…

— Benjamin Carson

If we set our priority "the removal of all risk", we'll soon have sterile, stagnant, and unstimulating learning environments.

— Benjamin Carson

I feel very blessed to have been involved with some of the most complex surgical procedures in the history of the world.

— Benjamin Carson

Evolution and creationism both require faith. It's just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.

— Benjamin Carson