Ben Carson Quotes

It's now very common to hear people say 'I'm rather offended by that'.

Political correctness is the the inability to state certain truths because they may offend certain people

Good grief, we're getting offended by everything these days! People can't say anything without offending somebody.

We've gotten to a point where you can't be a politician and actually say what you're thinking because someone's gonna get offended, and God forbid, like, everyone's so sensitive now, it's ridiculous.

A word to those of you out there who have yet to be offended by something I have said: Please be patient. I am working as fast as I can.

Political correctness is a minefield

In my day everything wasn't so PC.

It's very difficult to speak to a large group of people these days and not offend someone.

Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart.

It seems no matter what you say and how politically correctly and carefully you say it, you offend someone. Or at least I always do.

I haven't learned to be politically correct yet.

Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody.

Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain to be some minority group offended.

Saying the “wrong” thing, a purposefully offensive or demonstrably false thing, has become, for the disaffected, a mark of integrity.

I'm not PC all the time in my phrasing, because that meets a wall; people won't hear it.

I'm a take-no-prisoners type of comic, and I'm lucky because my fans get me and never have a problem with the politically incorrect themes of my act. But I am continually amazed by how a certain section of our society seems to be so freakin' sensitive about jokes.

Secretly everybody's getting tired of political correctness, kissing up. That's the kiss-ass generation we're in right now. We're really in a pussy generation. Everybody's walking on eggshells. We see people accusing people of being racist and all kinds of stuff. When I grew up, those things weren't called racist.

I think the big problem in America has is being politically correct.

There's this whole debate about whether being PC is just being like political or whether it's just being a good person, and I feel like that's something that people need to take into consideration because, you know, people are like, "Oh PC culture is ruining America." It's being a good person. If you're offended when people are not, you know, sexist or racist, then you're a part of the problem.

Political correctness has changed everything. People forget that political correctness used to be called spastic gay talk.

You're not going to get anything politically correct out of me.

My lyrics aren't offensive. Some people find everything offensive.

Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist.

I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.

I just think political correctness is crap.