It was a terrible thing to recognize her own personal mistakes retroactively.

"But I think that his accomplishments are going to be regarded by the history books as far more significant than his personal mistakes."

I made a personal mistake, and I've publicly apologized for it.

When this was made public, Ward resigned and became the first politician in the state to resign over personal mistakes.

He acknowledged personal mistakes, but said, "I paid a steep price."

But some examples of personal mistakes cut close to the bone.

It was never designed to allow a political body to force a President from office for a very personal mistake.

Perhaps Americans have a natural concern about someone who is not comfortable admitting personal mistakes.

The one man in all this affair who had so far not made a personal mistake.

Asked about the legal questions, he said: "It was more than a personal mistake.