Ben Carson Quotes

I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.

And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different opinions, and disagree with them, and argue with them, and differ with them, but don't just try to shut them up.

Different people have different opinions, and it's okay to respect all of them.

Let's not demonize people who don't happen to agree with us.

Our civilization is becoming less civil. You don’t have the right to demonize somebody just because they disagree with you.

I celebrate everyone’s opinion even if I disagree with it.

Nobody will ever agree with everything everyone says, especially once an issue or speaker becomes politically charged. But as tolerant and civilized Americans, we should at least have the decency to hear them out.

Why should I crowd the world with my opinions? Live and let live. That's it. Let people have their own opinions, and you just keep yours to yourself. There are too many opinions - some unnecessary, some great, some ridiculously stupid - so I think I rather not say anything and keep my opinions to myself.

Everybody has their opinion. I respect anything that anybody has to say.

I do think people of good will can have different opinions but still be coming not from a place of malice.

A healthy state encourages many voices - and lots of listening.

To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to understand that someone you disagree with is not just a terrible creature but somebody with whom you disagree.

No matter how much we disagree with people, demonising them doesn't get us anywhere; it merely indicates a closed mind.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

It saddens me that Christians need to be reminded that awe is owed also to those who disagree with them, who believe otherwise than they do.

You don't tell people who disagree with you they'd be better off somewhere else. And you don't reduce them to stereotypes; you address them as fully formed people worthy of respect. You try to persuade them.

There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.

All the lessons of psychiatry, psychology, social work, indeed culture, have taught us over the last hundred years that it is the acceptance of differences, not the search for similarities which enables people to relate to each other in their personal or family lives.

We must learn that we can disagree with each other without becoming deadly enemies.

I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.

… if freedom of speech means anything, it means a willingness to stand and let people say things with which we disagree, and which do weary us considerably.

To achieve progress in the face of adversity, we need a genuine commitment to gaining a deeper understanding of humanity. I'd like to see a world with more leaders who are familiar with the depths of the views of those they deeply disagree with, so that they can understand the nuances of everyone they're representing.

Good people can disagree.

Although all of us may not agree with that particular lifestyle for religious reasons, whatever the reason is, you still treat each other with respect.

Seriously, we all need to get over being offended every time someone says something you don't agree with. Guess what? That's life. And I'd rather have that life any day than only hear from people who agree with me.