The value of need
“It’s a moral imperative, universally conceded in our day and age, that every man is entitled to a job.” His voice rose: “I’m entitled to it!”
“You are? Go on, then, collect your claim.”
“Uh?”
“Collect your job. Pick it off the bush where you think it grows.”
“I mean–”
“You meant that it doesn’t? You meant that you need it, but can’t create it? You mean that you’re entitled to a job which I must create for you?”
“Yes!”
“And if I don’t?”
From Atlas Shrugged.