Kevin Rudd Quotes

I have to say that it's very few countries that are willing to look back at its past and apologize for its act, or make amends for its act, as the United States had one.

The country in which reparations actually happen is a very different one than the one we live in.

In order to properly repent, he who has sinned against the public must make public reparation.

Recognizing past mistakes is a far cry from making reparations for them.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

The Canadian government has had a field day apologising for past policies towards a series of ethnic groups: Italian, Ukrainian, Sikh, Chinese, Japanese and Jews.

I desire you in friendship, and I will one way or other make you amends.

If we have injured someone, giving him the opportunity to make a joke about us is often enough to provide him personal satisfaction, or even to win his good will.

REDRESS, n. Reparation without satisfaction.

The truth is that nobody is owed an apology for anything. Apologies are lovely when they happen. But they change nothing. They do not reverse actions or correct damage. They are merely nice to hear.

We have in my country (Russia) a quotation: "It is impossible to make out of apology a fur coat.

You can't demand truth and reconciliation. You have to demand truth - people have to hear it, and then they have to want to reconcile themselves to that truth.

The redress of the grievances of the vanquished should precede the disarmament of the victors.

A big nation sometimes has to be humble, and a big nation sometimes has to say “I’m sorry!” in order to stay big.

A great country acknowledges it's mistakes.

I wrote an apology for the harm I'd caused, but I also knew that an apology could never undo any of it.

Perhaps one could say I've worked in South Africa too long, but I believe in forgiveness, especially when a person admits a mistake, asks for forgiveness, and works to right a wrong.

We must turn the page on the dark parts of our history.

It's always best to ask for forgiveness if you feel that you made a mistake. And again, asking for forgiveness is not just saying the words 'I'm sorry'; it is also offering what you need to do.

The strongest proof of repentance is the endeavor to atone.

Liberia can move on and break from the past. That is very important for us to try to achieve our development goals and reconcile our nation.

Whenever any argument comes up, you remind her, "You cheated on me." Your relationship has no chance. You agreed to set it aside. You accepted that it happened and you accepted her explanation and you agreed to move forward, but then as you move forward, you continue to lay that off on her, and you never let her forget. Your marriage doesn't have a chance, if you don't let it go.

Apologies are seldom of any use.

I think everyone's had their pound of flesh and now it's time to move on.

While she cut the mushrooms, she cried more than she had at the grave, the most so far, because she found the saddest thing of all to be the simple truth of her capacity to move on.