Ben Carson

I was definitely an at-risk kid growing up. ”

Let's let everybody believe what they want to believe. And that means, P.C. police, don't you be coming down on people who believe in God and who believe in Jesus. ”

Our - our friends can't trust us anymore. You know, Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them. We won't even give them offensive weapons. ”

What we have to stop and think about is that we have weakened ourselves militarily to such an extent that it affects all of our military policies. ”

What we have to remember is we want to utilize the tremendous intellect that we have in the military to win wars. I've talked to a lot of the generals, a lot of our advanced people. And believe me, if we gave them the mission, which is what the commander-in-chief does, they would be able to carry it out. ”

No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best. ”

We're not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation. ”

Every time I am looking into the depths of somebody's brain, I'm thinking, 'This is what makes a person who they are. That structure contains memories. Everything that they've ever experienced is right in there.' ”

I started reading about people of great accomplishment... and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you. ”

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe. ”