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Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. is an American neurosurgeon, author, and politician who is the 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, under the Trump Administration. Prior to his cabinet position, he was a candidate for President of the United States in the Republican primaries in 2016.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, and a graduate of Yale University and the University of Michigan Medical School, Carson has authored numerous books on his medical career and political stances. He was the subject of a television drama film in 2009.

He was the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland from 1984 until his retirement in 2013. As a pioneer in neurosurgery, Carson's achievements include performing the only successful separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head, pioneering the first successful neurosurgical procedure on a fetus inside the womb, performing the first completely successful separation of type-2 vertical craniopagus twins, developing new methods to treat brain-stem tumors, and reviving hemispherectomy techniques for controlling seizures. He became the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery in the country at age 33. He has received more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees, dozens of national merit citations, and written over 100 neurosurgical publications. In 2008, he was bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.

Carson's widely publicized speech at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast catapulted him to conservative fame for his views on social and political issues. On May 4, 2015, he announced he was running for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election at a rally in his hometown of Detroit. In March 2016, following the Super Tuesday primaries, he suspended his campaign and announced he would be the new national chairman of My Faith Votes, a group that encourages Christians to exercise their civic duty to vote. He then endorsed the candidacy of Donald Trump.

On March 2, 2017, Carson was confirmed by the United States Senate as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in a 58–41 vote.

✵ 18. September 1951  •  Other names Бен Карсон, בען קארסאן, بن کارسون, ベン・カーソン, 벤 카슨
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Ben Carson Quotes

“One of the great truths of life: I did not do it alone. I had help along the way.”

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 10

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

Ben Carson

Source: Think Big (1996), p. 74

“Not only we can say that we cannot overload our brain, but we also know that our brain retains everything. The difficulty does not come with the input of information, but in getting it out.”

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Source: Think Big (1996), p. 206

“We can see God's reflection in everything he created.”

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Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 148

“You pray for yourselves and just ask God to guide you and to give you strength.”

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Source: Think Big (1996), p. 46

“Evolutionism is to think that a hurricane blowing through a junkyard could somehow assemble a fully equipped and flight-ready 747.”

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Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 128

“As I continue to develop my relationship with Him, I have discovered that God is a nice guy.”

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Source: Think Big (1996), p. 254

“We are capable of doing even better things than we believe we are, if we challenge each other to do it.”

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Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 215

“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.”

Ben Carson

As quoted in "World-Renowned Pediatric Neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson Attributes His Success to Confidence Gained Through Reading and Education" http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/world-renowned-pediatric-neurosurgeon-dr-benjamin-carson-attributes-his-success-to-confidence-gained-through-reading-and-education-132129383.html, PR Newswire (October 19, 2011)

“The wonderful thing about a company like Mannatech is that they recognize that when God made us, He gave us the right fuel. And that fuel was the right kind of healthy food. You know we live in a society that is very sophisticated, and sometimes we’re not able to achieve the original diet. And we have to alter our diet to fit our lifestyle. Many of the natural things are not included in our diet. Basically what the company is doing is trying to find a way to restore natural diet as a medicine or as a mechanism for maintaining health.”

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As quoted in "Ben Carson’s Troubling Connection" http://www.nationalreview.com/article/396193/ben-carsons-troubling-connection-jim-geraghty, National Review (January 12, 2015)

“True greatness isn't so much what you do as who you are.”

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Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 162

“The more we think about risk, the more risk seem to be.”

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Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 58

“If someone in going to die anyway without an operation, then you have nothing to lose by trying.”

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Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 43

“Maybe that's how I learned to handle my deep hurt—by forgetting.”

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Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 15

“When I don't have an answer, I pray. God is the only alternative source of help.”

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Source: Think Big (1996), p. 147

“You are what you think.”

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Source: Think Big (1996), p. 151

“It's all in God's hands.”

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Source: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 191

“Use PMA: Positive Mental Attitude.”

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Source: Think Big (1996), p. 151

“God don't make no junk.”

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Source: Think Big (1996), p. 198

“We've been conditioned to think that only politicians can solve our problems. But at some point, maybe we will wake up and recognize that it was the politicians who created our problems.”

Ben Carson

Said in a Fox Business interview https://www.facebook.com/FoxBusiness/posts/weve-been-conditioned-to-think-that-only-politicians-can-solve-our-problems-but-/10153892947535238/ (February 9, 2016)