False Blame Quotes

The innocent are frequently punished instead of the guilty

When progress seems unattainable, it is easier for people to buy into a cause that promotes a false notion of who is to blame.

He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time.

Circumstances may accumulate so strongly even against an innocent man, that directed, sharpened, and pointed, they may slay him.

Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining.

ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.

The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.

You always catch the wrong players.

... is there anything more unjust than to build gold and brass and iron on poor, well-meaning clay, -- and then blame the clay when the whole image falls into dust?

It was not Iraq that knocked down the World Trade Centre.