Entitlement Quotes
159 Entitlement quotes by 138 unique authors
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The dark aftermath of the frontier, of the vast promise of possibility this country first offered, is an inflated sense of American entitlement today. We…
— Anna Quindlen
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I respect every mother and I believe people are entitled to use whatever benefits, claims and entitlements, if you like, that are available to them
— Chris Bowen
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We have a serious structural deficit problem. And it needs to be addressed. The president is trying to address it through reforms of Social Security,…
— John W. Snow
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It doesn't take a genius to see what happens when the entitlement state outgrows the economy upon which it rests. The time of Greece, Cyprus,…
— Charles Krauthammer
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When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety.
— Robert Evans
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What I think we need to do to engage the American people in a conversation about entitlement reform is to have a bipartisan group of…
— Carly Fiorina
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Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals.
— Jesse Helms
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I was so lucky because what I did in 'Thor' was I built the character from the ground up - the foundations of his spirit,…
— Tom Hiddleston
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No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.
— James Earl Jones
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Entitlement is the opposite of enchantment.
— Guy Kawasaki
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Let's be honest about this; the liberal agenda with failed stimulus plans and government entitlement programs is crippling our economy and our quality of life.
— Alveda King
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Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to…
— Jeffrey Kluger
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Mastery over the body - its impulses, its needs, its size - is paramount; to lose control is to risk beauty, and to risk beauty…
— Caroline Knapp
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Ted Cruz is a patriot. He believes in what he does. He's done marvels in mobilizing conservatives, mobilizing Americans concerned about the direction of the…
— Charles Krauthammer
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I think that retiring the baby boomers is going to be one of the great challenges in America, that you cannot make fiscal sense out…
— Richard Lamm
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There are three legs of the stool; spending, entitlements and making the tax code fair and equitable. That's the three legs of the stool. If…
— Claire McCaskill
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I think that there's something in the American psyche, it's almost this kind of right or privilege, this sense of entitlement, to resolve our conflicts…
— Michael Moore
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Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody…
— Donny Osmond
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I opposed the Medicare prescription drug entitlement. I opposed the Wall Street bailout. I opposed the stimulus bill.
— Mike Pence
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I am going to give the American people a huge helping of unbridled truth: that we can't continue to spend what we are spending, that…
— Rick Perry
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By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms, we will make our government simpler, smaller, and smarter.
— Mitt Romney
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Julia progresses from cradle to grave, showing how government makes every good thing in her life possible. The weak economy, high unemployment, falling wages, rising…
— Mitt Romney
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When you talk about entitlement programs, it's not just about - it's not about cutting those programs. It is about saving those programs. Those programs…
— Marco Rubio
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Seven hundred and sixteen billion dollars, funneled out of Medicare by President Obama. An obligation we have to our parents and grandparents is being sacrificed,…
— Paul Ryan
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Look, of course people are scared of entitlement reform because every time you put entitlement reform out there, the other party uses it as a…
— Paul Ryan
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