Ben Carson

“I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.”

“People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.”

“Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It is not the government's responsibility.”

“There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.”

“What I agree with is that we need a significantly changed taxation system. And the one that I've advocated is based on tithing, because I think God is a pretty fair guy. And he said, you kno...”

“If God thinks proportionality is fair who are we to say that it is unfair?”

“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.”