Forever Quote by Rene Girard

Having a scapegoat means not knowing that we have one.

— Rene Girard

Each person must ask what his relationship is to the scapegoat. I am not aware of my own, and I am persuaded that the…

— Rene Girard

“The scapegoat is a central figure in human life. A community that feels threatened identifies groups or individuals responsible for the crisis, casts them…

— Yuri Slezkine

Society has traditionally always tried to find scapegoats, well here I am.

— Marilyn Manson

Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame - illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to victimize.

— Winona Ryder

This traditionally happens in Russia and in every other undemocratic country as well - the quest for a scapegoat won't be long, either. The…

— Garry Kasparov

A wrong motive involves defeat.

— Mary Baker Eddy

It is often in the trial of adversity that we learn those most critical lessons that form our character and shape our destiny.

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“While it’s easier to avoid confrontations in the short run, the consequences of doing so can be massively destructive in the long term. It’s…

— Ray Dalio

If you scapegoat someone, it's a third party that will be aware of it. It won't be you. Because you will believe you are…

— Rene Girard

The moment that you place blame somewhere, you undermine your resolve to change anything.

— Joseph Brodsky

I definitely feel like I'm the scapegoat for a lot of The Process issues.

— Jahlil Okafor