Scapegoated Groups Quotes & Sayings

Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs. — Isaiah Berlin

Dictators always seek to take weapons away from people so that there can be no effective opposition to their rule. — Terry Goodkind

Two aspects to the relative world: relaxation and time management. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

The whole point of anti-Semitism has been to create a vulnerable buffer group that can be bribed with some privileges into managing the exploitation of others, and then, when social pressure builds, be blamed and scapegoated, distracting those at the bottom from the crimes of those at the top. Peasants who go on pogrom against their Jewish neighbors won't make it to the nobleman's palace to burn him out and seize the fields. This was the role of Jews in Europe. This has been the role of Jews in the United States, and this is the role of Jews in the Middle East. — Aurora Levins Morales

Better start rushing before the rush begins! — Ashleigh Brilliant

A painter knows what to do by the tug of the brush as it pulls through a mixture of oils, and by the look of coloured slurries on the palette. — James Elkins

The goal of leadership is not to be likable or loved but to be proven trustworthy and respected. — Miles Anthony Smith