Ben Nelson 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 justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past.

We cannot turn the clock back nor can we undo the harm caused, but we have the power to determine the future and to ensure that what happened never happens again.

I have made the most profound apology in front of the Truth Commission and on other occasions about the injustices which were wrought by apartheid.

Acknowledgment of torture is not accountability for it.

I am not very moved by historical apologies.

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

I want to say again to the American people how profoundly sorry I am for what I said and did to trigger these events and the great burden they have imposed on the Congress and the American people.

I would like to offer my apologies and tell you that I have reflected deeply on the problem of the comfort women.

In my several visits to Germany, I have written in admiration of that country's strenuous efforts to face its past and make amends.

I don't know if there is redemption for people like Charlie Rose or Garrison Keillor. An apology helps, but what really matter are deeds.

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

We know that we've done and said things that hurt people. Inflicting pain on others wasn't the goal, but it was one of the outcomes. We wish it weren't so, and regret that hurt.

If anyone's reading this waiting for some type of full-on, flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now.

As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians - the oldest continuing culture in human history. On behalf of the Australian Parliament, this year I offered an apology to indigenous Australians for the wrongs they had suffered in the past.

I deeply regret any harm, or any perceived harm, that I may have done to anyone by any behaviour of mine.

I feel like if you've done something wrong, then you should keep on apologizing to that person.

Griffin Bell later apologized to me for that decision.

I personally apologize to any person who felt anything less than respected and valued by myself.

I let the American people down.

I have apologised to the police.

I am sorry for what has happened and I know that I need some help.

I apologise to people when I need to.

All the people that criticised me should eat their words.

I just hope everybody forgives me for whatever I did wrong. And hope they remember some of what I did right.