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Apology Quotes

I should not have been there. My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics. As a commissioned uniformed officer, it was a mistake that I have learned from.

– Mark Milley

Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S., appearing in photo-op with President Donald Trump.

I don’t see racism at all in the NFL. I don’t see discrimination in the NFL.

– Vic Fangio

Denver Broncos head coach, who later apologized for his remarks.

I screwed up. The comment I made about dance was insensitive, it was stupid, and I am deeply sorry…I have listened, I have learned about the bravery it takes for a young boy to pursue a career in dance.

– Lara Spencer

Apologizing on Good Morning America for mocking Prince Harry on taking ballet lessons.

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin.

– Henri Frederic Amiel

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.

– Jim Rohn

In the case of the Japanese, they usually commit suicide before they make any apology.

– Chuck Grassley

It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation.

– Archibald Alexander

An apology for the actions of some troops who, of course, are not representative of the majority of the armed forces here, I think that would have been useful and it would have helped to some extent.

– Adnan Pachachi

I’d love to be a diva. But I’d then have to send so many apology notes for my abhorrent behaviour.

– Amy Adams

First off, I’m not a scientist, and I make no apology for that.

– Christopher Shays

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.

– F. W. de Klerk

We make no apology for people who should be in prison being in prison.

– Denis Napthine

Trump apologized for nothing, including the horrible tape, right? No apology.

– David Brock

The ruling ethos of Seattle is forlorn apology for our animal impulses.

– David Shields

This apology is not just to Bernie Sanders. It is to donors. It is to anyone and everyone that clearly we offended. And the e-mails that were revealed that were hacked.

– Donna Brazile

Fake news is at an all time high. Where is their apology to me for all of the incorrect stories???

– Donald Trump

He should put music to that tweet and make a record.

I don’t have any issues with clowns – I feel like I owe them an apology in some ways.

– John Carroll Lynch

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

– Kitty Kelley

Nobody wants an apology letter 14 years later.

– Lennon Parham

I’ve become a master of the apology.

– Letitia Baldrige

While the meeting I participated in turned out to be a ruse, I made statements during the course of the meeting that are counter to NPR’s values and also not reflective of my own beliefs. I offer my sincere apology to those I offended.

– Ron Schiller

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

– Red Auerbach

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

– Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

– Samuel Butler

I don’t ask for an apology because it’s only tomorrow’s fish-and-chip paper.

– Tracey Emin