I am sorry

English Phrase en phrase en I'm sorry. 17 May 1997 Jonathan Peterson Bill Clinton Clinton Tells Tuskegee Survivors : ‘I Am Sorry’ https://web.archive.org/web/20200817155148/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-17-mn-59624-story.html “We can stop turning our heads away. We can look at you in the eyes and finally say on behalf of the American people: What the government did was shameful and I am sorry,” he told the elderly men, emphasizing the last three words. 16 September 2009 w:Lisa Belkin Teaching Children to Apologize https://web.archive.org/web/20090923134228/https://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/teaching-children-to-apologize/ But in this rude and raucous age, apologies have become pro forma. People apologize not for being offensive (“I did something to hurt you, and I am sorry”) but rather because someone might have taken offense (“If your feelings were hurt, I am sorry.”) 6 July 2012 A letter to … my brother to say I'm sorry https://web.archive.org/web/20141119092447/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jul/07/letter-to-brother-sorry I'm not sure I like you, brother of mine, I want to say. But I am sorry. You have affected me so deeply, probably more than I know. For a long time I have wanted to scream, "I hate you!" But until now I have never wanted to apologise. And so I am sorry. For taking so long to understand that not everything is a choice and that maybe you are that little bit saner for your open uncertainty of that funny thing called life.