Difficulty Quote by Eric Alterman

Mistakes can occur during hostilities.

— Vladimir Putin

The mistakes of the Iraq war are not only tactical and strategic, but historical. It is essentially a war of colonialism, attempted in the…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Let me be clear, Mr. President, mistakes have been made in Iraq. And this operation has been far from perfect as evidenced by the…

— Elizabeth Dole

Mistakes are . . . immensely useful. . . they show us . . . where we are right now and what we need to do next

— William Westney

A mistake is not a failure if we learn from it

— Spido

The invasion of Iraq was, in ways that have since become hard to dispute, a terrible mistake.

— Jacob Weisberg

In any war, mistakes happen on the ground; this is not the policy of the government. We are a government that functions according to…

— Omar al-Bashir

Don't buy into the notion that mistakes can somehow be avoided. They can't be.

— John C. Maxwell

Plenty of things are mistakes, but some mistakes are like seeds, and they grow into purposes.

— Superman

Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action.

— Nelson Mandela

The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were…

— Nelson Mandela

Mistakes are very seldom permanent, most of them can be fixed with less difficulty and drama than one imagines, and there's nothing shameful about…

— Peter Buffett