Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.
Are those making these charges better equipped to deal with the Ebola threat than those they castigate? These easy charges, nurtured in hindsight, by people by people who have never had to make decisions or have responsibilities in the matter, play into the national penchant for finger-pointing and feed panic.
None are so ready to find fault with others as those who do things worthy of blame themselves.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
The fox condemns the trap, not himself.
I have no memories of my childhood in Texas. When I was about four, we moved to San Francisco. I was in the middle of seven brothers and sisters: three girls and four boys. Most of my older brothers and sisters got the blame for everything, and the little ones had a free ride. We loved each other but fought like cats and dogs.
The devil made me do it.
A guilty party is being sought. Such action is a favorite means of consolation in the face of calamity.
Blame is for God and small children.
At Duke, the coaches would cover up for you. But with the Wolves, something happens and it's in the papers, and I'm blamed. Things are run differently here - the wrong way, if you ask me. One man wants to blame another.
I don't like the blame game, though.
If I've done anything wrong, I believe it's his fault.
There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots.
Lots of special interests play the immigrant blame game every day because they like things the way they are and don't see a need for change.
I think a lot of people want to blame their fathers for not being good enough when they were growing up. I think it can be an excuse for not coming to terms with your own problems.
While countless Americans are pulling together to lend a helping hand, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are pointing fingers in a shameless effort to tear us apart.
To err is human. To blame somebody else is politics.
It's always convenient for certain people to heap accusations on Israel.
In the immigration debate, some things are constant. They never change. One is that opponents of immigration reform will use it as a wedge issue and will blame everything from unemployment to rising health care costs on immigrants.
I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.
'Not again!' I thought to myself this morning, as news trickled out that John McCain was set to pick Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Not again, because too often women are promoted for the wrong reasons, and then blamed when things don't go right.
In the media, I always seemed to come across as someone who was poking fun at the Scots and their football. I guess the Scottish public needed someone to blame for their international defeats, and I fitted the bill perfectly.
Always, when things don't go the way that everyone expects, people - the supporters as well - always look for someone to blame. In some cases, they blame the players.
You fondle my trigger, then you blame my gun
Satan wants to cripple me and then blame me for limping.
Everyone in Washington knows what needs to be done. They just don’t do it because there’s always someone else they can blame.