#entitlement

You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#self-reliance #self-help

We as Republicans understand that we have got to protect these... entitlement programs - these entitlement programs for our seniors today. And we have to sit down and have a discussion. We need more ideas on the table. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#down #entitlement #entitlement programs #got #ideas

Our Founders warned against this. They said don't... that your liberty is only as secure as the people are. Because once they, um, get the ability to vote themselves entitlements from the largesse of the government, liberty is done; freedom is over with. We were warned. We are there. ↗

— Sharron Angle

#against #because #done #entitlements #founders

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 we do all of those in a responsible, bipartisan way, I think the American people would all be very, very happy. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#american people #bipartisan #code #entitlements #equitable

Success in the United States is not an entitlement in China. You have to go there and earn it, and earn it the right way. ↗

— Howard Schultz

#earn #entitlement #go #right #right way

A sense of entitlement is a cancerous thought process that is void of gratitude and can be deadly to relationships, businesses, and even nations. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#cancer #entitlement #gratitude #nations #relationships

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#government #money

You can make more money on unemployment than you can going down and getting one of those jobs that is an honest job, but it doesn't pay as much. And so, that's what's happened to us is that we have put in so much entitlement into our government, that we really have spoiled our citizenry and said you don't want the jobs that are available. ↗

— Sharron Angle

#citizenry #down #entitlement #getting #going

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 people who come together and put every solution on the table, every alternative on the table. And then we ought to engage in a long conversation with the American people so they understand the choices. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#alternative #american #american people #bipartisan #choices

Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals. ↗

— Jesse Helms

#become #big #big government #choice #conservatism