Giulio Andreotti Quotes

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

Aside from the Punic Wars, which I was too young for, I have been blamed for everything.

The reason people blame things on previous generations is that there's only one other choice.

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.

The United Nations exists to help countries solve their problems. If it helps the Americans solve theirs by blaming me, I'll be a scapegoat.

It is less important to find solutions than scapegoats.

If I've done anything wrong, I believe it's his fault.

It is human natures to find scapegoats. When things are going badly people try and find someone to blame.

The Jews caused the war, the Jews caused the outbreak of thieving and robbery all over the country, the Jews caused the inefficiency of the navy

Having someone else to blame when there is a rude smell in the air.

The scapegoat has always had the mysterious power of unleashing man's ferocious pleasure in torturing, corrupting, and befouling.

How quickly was every bad thing discovered to be the fault of the previous administration (an evil set of men who wedded general stupidity to wickedness of purpose).

They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.

He who is punished is never he who performed the deed. He is always the scapegoat.

Politics is largely the process of taking credit and putting the blame on others - regardless of what the facts may be.

One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it-- it was the black kitten's fault entirely.

The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.

It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness.

People don't realize that by voting Republican, they voted against themselves....I worry that some people are entertained by the idea of this war. They don't know anything about the Iraqis, but they're angry and frustrated in their own lives. It's like Germany, before Hitler took over. The economy was bad and people felt kicked around. They looked for a scapegoat. Now we've got a new bunch of Hitlers.

We relinquished our freedom that day, and we were more than happy to see it go. From that moment on we lived in true freedom, the freedom to point to someone else and say “They told me to do it! It’s their fault, not mine.” The freedom, God help us, to say “I was only following orders.”-World War Z

I do not intend to be made the scapegoat of sacrifice, to be offered up as a victim to society.

Why is the country not having this conversation, the kind of conversation that requires the politicians who are responsible for the war to be specific to the concerns of the American people.

Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.

Survey data suggest that war has become more unpopular. The majority of the American people now think it was a mistake, in a shift away from the 51 percent that endorsed it on Election Day. Admittedly this is only a small change in the population, from a majority to a minority. Nor do the changers earn grace for their new opinions. They still endorsed the war on Election Day and are still responsible for it.

Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.