This administration intends to be candid about its errors. For as a wise man once said, “An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.” We intend to accept full responsibility for our errors…. We’re not going to have any search for scapegoats … the final responsibilities of any failure are mine, and mine alone.
John F. Kennedy after the botched Bay of Pigs invasion
via jwalk
(what a difference 40 years makes)