Mistakes were made - Wikipedia

For the psychology book, see Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me). For the Spencer Albee album, see Mistakes Were Made (album). "Mistakes were made" is an expression that is commonly used as a rhetorical device, whereby a speaker acknowledges that a situation was handled poorly or inappropriately but seeks to evade any direct admission or accusation of responsibility by not specifying the person who

[kumicit]

「謝らない謝罪」の手法の一つ「間違いが起きた」　政治家たちの「間違いが起きた」例が載っている。

[hundun2]

Wikipediaにも載ってる、"Mistakes were made"。