Ben Carson Browse All Authors Top 294 quotes by Ben Carson First of all, I didn't describe transgender women that way, i was relating a story that a women's group told me about big, hairy men -- who are not transgender women, by the way -- coming into your facility and having to be accepted because of the rules that were in place. Ben Carson us-news Your letter seeks federal dollars for California from hardworking American taxpayers but fails to admit that your state and local policies have played a major role in the current crisis. Ben Carson us-news I expect criticism. We don't talk about REOs anymore, we talk about foreclosed properties. I can honestly say there has not been a single conversation I've had since I've been here where we talked about REOs, do I know what they are ? Of course. Could I remember what the' O' was at that particular moment ? No. I couldn't. Ben Carson us-news It's silly, you know, when we engage in,' ha, gotcha' stuff, when we have such big policy issues to deal with, and that's what I want to talk about. Ben Carson us-news My best message is to ask yourself : What is your goal in life, and what is your goal for your children ? and how can you best achieve that, are you going to achieve that under the current system, or is there a better system that might be more effective ? Ben Carson latest-headlines They were very, very smart, clever, but they were trapped in a system. Ben Carson latest-headlines It took a month to actually find out who actually signed off on that, but the important thing is there were financial controls that were necessary that were not in place. We have put those in place. And the other important thing is that the order was cancelled with no consequences. So not a single penny that the taxpayers have to pay. Ben Carson latest-headlines We’re removing all those kinds of perverse disincentives. Ben Carson latest-headlines You take somebody that has the right mindset, you can take everything from them and put them on the street, and I guarantee in a little while they'll be right back up there, and you take somebody with the wrong mindset, you can give them everything in the world, they'll work their way right back down to the bottom. Ben Carson top-news There were other immigrants who came in the bottom of slave ships, who worked even longer, even harder, for less, but they too had a dream that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great grandsons, great granddaughters might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land, and do you know of all the nations in the world, this one, the United States of America, is the only one big enough and great enough to allow all those people to realize their dream. And this is our opportunity to enhance that dream. Ben Carson top-news You know Obamacare is really, I think, the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery, and it is in a way, it is slavery in a way, because it is making all of us subservient to the government, and it was never about health care. It was about control. Ben Carson top-news During slavery -- and I know that's one of those words you're not supposed to say, but I'm saying it -- during slavery, a lot of the slave owners thought that they had the right to do whatever they wanted to the slave, what if the abolitionists had said, 'I don't believe in slavery, I think it's wrong, but you guys do whatever you want to do? Ben Carson top-news Recognize that a lot of money is going to be saved by enforcing our borders, by not, you know, giving various types of benefits to people who are here illegally, that money is money that we otherwise would not have had and that can be applied to the wall and various other things. That’s I believe the spirit in which that comment is made. I don't think Mexico is going to write a check out and say here, pay for the wall. Ben Carson politics And I think you're going to see him focusing much more on the issues and on his opponent, and not allowing himself to be dragged off into the bushes. Ben Carson top-news Now is the time for us to rise up and take America back. Ben Carson politics A quarter of a century ago, another Clinton was running for the White House, and it was the entrance of a third-party candidate, Ross Perot, that made it possible for him to win, wouldn’t it be ironic if the same thing happened this time? Ben Carson politics He does understand that at a certain level but he has a difficult time not responding. If he can just get beyond that and learn how to bite his tongue and redirect people to something that is important, it will show a level of statesmanship that I think will give a lot of people confidence. Ben Carson top-news There's no question that there would be a lot of turmoil if the establishment tries to thwart the will of the people. Ben Carson politics Even if Donald Trump turns out not to be such a great president, which I don't think is the case, I think he's going to surround himself with really good people, but even if he didn't, we're only looking at four years as opposed to multiple generations, and perhaps the loss of the American dream forever. Ben Carson politics There are two different Donald Trumps: there's the one you see on the stage and there's the one who's very cerebral, sits there and considers things very carefully. Ben Carson most-read-articles
