#entitle

The equality that we are all entitled to, as citizens of this democracy, can't be avoided by some religious dogma of a President who's is supposed to believe in the notion of separation of church and state. And he frankly doesn't. ↗

— Rosie O'Donnell

#believe #church #citizens #democracy #dogma

In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to double within the next decade. Medicare is growing by 9% annually, and Medicaid by 8% annually. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#decade #double #entitlement #fact #federal

The entitlement state has driven us into insolvency. ↗

— Joe Miller

#entitlement #into #state #us

Nations are equal in respect to each other, and entitled to claim equal consideration for their rights, whatever may be their relative dimensions or strength or however greatly they may differ in government, religion or manners. ↗

— James Kent

#consideration #differ #dimensions #each #entitled

To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something. ↗

— Shel Silverstein

#freedom #me #something #you

I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents. ↗

— James Madison

#government-spending #money

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

Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government. ↗

— James Madison

#government-spending #charity

Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#because #easily #entitled #farmers #farming

Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite. ↗

— Marlon Brando

#entitled #i #merely #prerequisite #privacy