Nathaniel Appleton - People are very apt to shift the Blame off the

People are very apt to shift the Blame off themselves, and lay it upon others, when perhaps they themselves are as much or more to blame. The popular Cry is against Merchants and Traders, as if they had ruined the Country; or against those who are or have been in the Government

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Nathaniel Appleton, 1693-1784, Colonial Congregational Cleric of Massachusetts, Sermon: The Cry of Oppression, January 28, 1748

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