Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U. S. , let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, there is no power on earth that can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship.
Success is not an entitlement. It has to be earned
I think our veterans certainly deserve and have earned the best health care in the world.
I've got a record in Florida. I'm proud of my dad, and I'm certainly proud of my brother. In Florida, they called me Jeb, because I earned it.
I think I speak for everyone," he says, "when I say you have earned the title of Dauntless".
A billion saved is a billion earned.
A little arrogance in the hands of the capable is well earned - and in most case, deserved.
I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK.
Much better than the feeling of having things is the feeling of having earned things.
I'm talking a lot on financing in the Masterclass and I know what it means to because I had to finance my first films, all of them, and I earned my money as a welder in a steel factory doing night shifts while I was still in high school during the day.
Respect was earned, not demanded, but dignity was taught by example.
I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.
And very often the influence exerted on a person's character by the amount of his income is hardly less, if it is less, than that exerted by the way in which it is earned.
I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
A man who knew his job as he spent a long time commanding a regiment and who earned great respect from everybody.
Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.
A girl's body was a prize. It had to be more than asked for. It had to be earned, worshipped, and avowed.
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.
Have we the courage and the will to face up to the immorality and discrimination of the progressive tax, and demand a return to traditional proportionate taxation?. . . Today in our country the tax collector's share is 37 cents of every dollar earned. Freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp.
Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.