Quotes about Entitlement
I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far as it in no way interferes with any other men's rights.
- Abraham Lincoln
One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give up a thing himself without wanting everyone else to give it up.
- CS Lewis
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.
- Charles Dickens
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.
- James Madison
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
- Thomas Jefferson
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.
- Oscar Wilde
What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
- Adrian Rogers
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.
- Dag Hammarskjold
None but those who work are entitled to eat.
- Aesop
Every dog is entitled to one bite.
- Anonymous
Privilege and prosperity come with responsiblity.
- Carolyn Custis James
It is unjust to claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood.
- Samuel Johnson