To say 'He played bad' is different from 'He is a bad player.' You understand? I make a mistake. It does not mean I am a bad person.
If officials on the spot commit in good faith an error of judgment, which is worse—to support them or to throw them over?
A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.
Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss.
Most men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.
A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point.
Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car. You would call that not a disease but an error of judgment.
In my judgment, a great mistake has been made by well meaning and zealous men, through treating error and infidelity with altogether too much respect.
