Though few Americans say that the poor have only themselves to blame, many believe it.
Teachers' unions, for example, can blame only themselves for the rise of charter schools.
But they will have only themselves to blame if they are forced to find out.
The US Census Bureau reported that in 2008 there were 27 million entrepreneurs who employ only themselves.
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Pinsent also believes the Delhi organising committee have only themselves to blame for the mess they find themselves in.
They were unfortunate when Carrick's speculative drive cannoned off Hughes and beat James, but they had only themselves to blame for United's fourth goal.
There has been a perception that lung cancer sufferers have only themselves to blame, because they've smoked all their lives, and they tend to be old.
Bain says KB's creditors have only themselves to blame because they undermined the toy retailer by selling supercheap toys exclusively to Wal-Mart during the 2003 Christmas season.
Last weekend, ATP chief Mark Miles rejected suggestions the calendar was too crowded and said players had only themselves to blame for burnout because they chose to compete in too many tournaments.
With almost a total domination of possession, Toulouse had only themselves to blame as fumbles in the Glasgow red zone denied them a try and it took Skrela's second penalty to take the score to 10-6.
Raddy Antic's side occasionally had only themselves to blame for not taking the lead, as Krasic really should have found the net after collecting an inch-perfect threaded pass from Zdravko Kuzmanovic and rounding Schwarzer, but he shot over.
People would set up LSAs not only for themselves but also for their spouses and children.
In the face of uncertainty, investors are only allowing themselves to settle for cheaper valuations.
The Law Lords usually sit in panels of five, chosen by a method only they themselves understand.
The best leaders not only lead themselves well, they also develop others to become highly skilled leaders.
Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom.
By focusing on and defending their rights to sell guns, they are only shooting themselves in the foot.
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"What we are now witnessing is a tendency toward disintegration because everyone speaks only of themselves, " he says.
But before we could get the names, the men arrested not only turned themselves in but also pled guilty.
But boomers only have themselves to blame when it comes to their children.
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In many cases, however, creditors can only blame themselves when things go wrong.
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"Luckily our personnel are trained on how to not only keep themselves calm but keep the individual calm, " Rutledge said.
If they fail to present one, they will not only hurt themselves.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin perfected search and created wealth not only for themselves but for everyone who plugs into their electronic ecosystem.
Instead, they only have themselves to blame for failing after producing a display which had none of the urgency one might have expected.
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For long-term social cohesion and prosperity it is not enough that board members and institutional investors can explain these huge sums only to themselves.
Now, each of us is only here because somebody, somewhere, felt responsibility not only for themselves, but also for their community and for their country.
South Africa only had themselves to blame for the miscommunication which led to their tied match with Sri Lanka, and another heart-breaking World Cup exit.
Antic's team wanted a penalty for a handball against Cahill but they only had themselves to blame for failing to score a second when Pantelic missed.
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