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Pete Sessions: “What has evolved in America is that we believe we are a society of victims, everybody is a victim? If somebody is wrong…”

On the recordApril 6, 2004
What has evolved in America is that we believe we are a society of victims, everybody is a victim? If somebody is wrong in my life, if I have a bad outcome in my life, it must be somebody else's fault. So beyond the obvious abuse of the legal system, it encourages the notion that personal responsibility is no longer a factor in American life. I ask my friend from Alabama if he is also disturbed about this growing notion that I have no responsibility for the outcomes in my life, if anything goes wrong it must be somebody else's fault and obviously the solution to that is to sue.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas
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Discussing the perception of victimhood and personal responsibility in American society.

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