#Entitlement Quotes

“A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at the government for not getting jobs for them. I don't understand why it's the government's responsibility.”

“We're emotionally unfit. We expect things to be given to us that other generations had to earn. We think we're supposed to get homes with no money down and be supported by the government if we're unemployed.”

“For society as a whole, nothing comes as a "right" to which we are "entitled." Even bare subsistence has to be produced-and produced at a cost of heavy toil for much of human history. The only way anyone can have a right to something that has to be produced is to force someone else to produce it for him. The more things are provided as rights, the less the recipients have to work and the more others have to carry their load.”

“One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.”

“One of the consequences of such notions as ‘entitlements’ is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.”

“Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”

“There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation.”

“How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what's already yours?”

“You don't have to be a star to get a cheese sandwich. You just have to be first.”

“Nobody minds having what is too good for them.”

“Do I have to use my own money?”

“Some people feel that the world owes them a living.”