"I think we've been through a period where too many people have been
given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's
job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm
homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem
on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are
individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can
do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves
first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look
after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind,
without the obligations. There's no such thing as entitlement, unless
someone has first met an obligation."
-- Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, talking to Women's Own
magazine (October 31 1987).