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About this quote

What does it mean?
Bush criticizes a mindset of indulgence and shifting blame.
In plain terms
Doing whatever you want and blaming others is bad.
What can you take from it?
Take responsibility instead of shifting blame.

Where it applies

  • public address
  • cultural critique
  • moral argument

Putting it to work

  • take responsibility
  • avoid blame-shifting

Questions to consider

  • How to avoid blame-shifting?
  • What values guide responsibility?

Another view

The statement oversimplifies complex social behaviors.

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