Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 19, 2011
Transcript:
Rat: When is it appropriate to say, 'I meant well'? Goat: I guess when you do something with good intentions that ends up having a bad result. Why? Rat: I cut down a huge tree to see if it would crush your house and it did. I meant well. Perhaps you didn't hear the 'I meant well.'
“I meant well” is pretty much the same as, “all due respect.”