Scapegoat

A scapegoat is an animal ritually burdened with the sins of others.

Quotes

 * Without the Cross, there is no revelation of the fundamental injustice of the scapegoat mechanism, which is the founder of human culture, with all its repercussions in our relationships with each other.
 * René Girard, "The Scandal of Christianity" in Evolution and Conversion: Dialogues on the Origins of Culture (2007), p. 219


 * You all wanted that someone be made a scapegoat. I did not do that. I allowed you to break all pots on my head alone. You have all decided-all these riots happened under this man (Narendra Modi). Until this man is removed from the chief minister’s post, we will not rest in peace. My best wishes to you in your mission.
 * Narendra Modi. In an interview to NDTV broadcast on March 20, 2004, Narendra Modi said to Shekhar Gupta, the editor of The Indian Express . quoted in    Madhu Purnima Kishwar: Modi, Muslims and Media. Voices from Narendra Modi’s Gujarat, Manushi Publications, Delhi 2014. p 302