Ben Carson

Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently. ”

Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech. ”

When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn't care. I was getting the high fives and the low fives and the pats on the back. I was cool. ”

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 hypocrite. ”

There is no such thing as a politically correct war. ”

There is so much potential out there in young people and they aren't getting the right information or being encouraged in the right ways. This is our duty as a society. ”

There's absolutely no reason at all that physicians, scientists, shouldn't be involved in things that affect all of us. ”

So after a while, if people won't accept your excuses, you stop looking for them. ”

What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree. ”

Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it. ”