If officials on the spot commit in good faith an error of judgment, which is worse—to support them or to throw them over?
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.
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.
