#entitle

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant of the impartial jury to which he or she is entitled under the law. ↗

— Byron White

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When a stranger on the street makes a sexual comment, he is making a private assessment of me public. And though I’ve never been seriously worried that I would be attacked, it does make me feel unguarded, unprotected. Regardless of his motive, the stranger on the street makes an assumption based on my physique: He presumes I might be receptive to his unpoetic, unsolicited comments. (Would he allow a friend to say “Nice tits” to his mother? His sister? His daughter?) And although I should know better, I, too, equate my body with my soul and the result, at least sometimes, is a deep shame of both. Rape is a thousand times worse: The ultimate theft of self-control, it often leads to a breakdown in the victim’s sense of self-worth. Girls who are molested, for instance, often go on to engage in risky behavior—having intercourse at an early age, not using contraception, smoking, drinking, and doing drugs. This behavior, it seems to me, is at least in part because their self-perception as autonomous, worthy human beings in control of their environment has been taken from them. ↗

— Leora Tanenbaum

#culture #entitlement #harassment #hypersexualization #rape

Everyone is entitled to his own nostalgia. ↗

— James Wolcott

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I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Victoria Woodhull

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The fact of the matter is that they are entitled to request a recount. We're entitled to give them a recount. ↗

— Kenneth Blackwell

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But some one will say that this supreme Being, who made all things, and those also who conferred on men particular benefits, are entitled to their respective worship. ↗

— Lactantius

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We need to consider nominations as thoroughly and carefully as the American people deserve. No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. ↗

— Patrick Leahy

#american people #appointment #carefully #consider #court

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government. ↗

— Richard Perle

#forfeits #government #national #national sovereignty #obligation

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#art #artist #briefly #call #called

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

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