#entitle

But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#entitled #function #job #judges #our

It may sound reactionary, I know. But we can all feel it. We've changed the way we think of ourselves as citizens. We don't think of ourselves as citizens in the old sense of being small parts of something larger and infinitely more important to which we have serious responsibilities. We do still think of ourselves as citizens in the sense of being beneficiaries--we're actually conscious of our rights as American citizens and the nation's responsibilities to us and ensuring we get our share of the American pie. We think of ourselves now as eaters of the pie instead of makers of the pie. So who makes the pie? ... Something has happened where we've decided on a personal level that it's all right to abdicate our individual responsibility to the common good and let government worry about the common good while we all go about our individual self-interested business and struggle to gratify our various appetites. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#entitlement #government #responsibility #business

Socialism is a philosphy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#governement-control #socialism #equality

Being in a relationship doesn’t entitle you to anything. You don’t get what you expect, you get what you create. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#entitle #expect #love #relationship #experience

Instead of communicating "I love you, so let me make life easy for you," I decided that my message needed to be something more along these lines: "I love you. I believe in you. I know what you're capable of. So I'm going to make you work. ↗

— Kay Wills Wyma

#entitlement #kids #parenting #work #communication

Beware: It is a quick transition from a nourishing sense of gratitude to a poisonous sense of entitlement. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#entitlement #grateful #gratitude #experience

The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence. ↗

— Linda Vester

#authority #clear #confidence #emotional #entitled

I thought maybe she'd whisk us off by magic, or at least hail a taxi. Instead, Bast borrowed a silver Lexus convertible. "Oh, yes," she purred. "I like this one! Come along, children." "But this isn't yours," I pointed out. "My dear, I'm a cat. Everything I see is mine." She touched the ignition and the keyhole sparked. The engine began to purr. [No, Sadie. Not like a cat, like an engine.] ↗

— Rick Riordan

#entitlement #cat

So let me be clear, Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement. Once and for all, we are giving the taxpayers a voice in this debate. We put the power back in the hands of the people. ↗

— Scott Walker

#bargaining #clear #collective #collective bargaining #debate

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. ↗

— George Washington

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