Quotes about Entitlement

The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master. He supposes all his dependents to be utterly bereft of individual characters, intentions, or opinions, and is persuaded that he was born to supersede the necessity of their having any. If he were to make a discovery to the contrary, he would be simply stunned — would never recover himself, most likely, except to gasp and die.

In a word, as a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.

What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

None but those who work are entitled to eat.

Every dog is entitled to one bite.

Privilege and prosperity come with responsiblity.

It is unjust to claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood.

What if...what if that is the price one has to pay for staying on? Perhaps that is how they look at it: perhaps that is how I should look at it too. They see me as owing something. They see themselves as debt collectors, tax collectors. Why should I be allowed to live here without paying?

What would you think of a person who always wanted things from you but never offered a word of thanks in return? We can be that way with God, can't we? Let's remember to thank Him.