Shifting Responsibility Quotes

Washington thrives on scapegoats.

Well, demonization itself can help ... to provide an alibi. You succumb to the Devil incarnate, and as a result you're not guilty yourself.

You deserved to get run over. And besides, I barely tapped you. The only reason you broke your leg was because you panicked and tripped over your own feet.

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

A lot of people do want to be victims. It's easy. It's an excuse for not doing anything and an excuse for failing. Being a victim means somebody else is responsible for everything going wrong in your life. So Democrats love plugging as many people as they can into victim status.

When we have blamed the wind we can blame love.

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.

Blame enables us to smuggle our issues into our future.