“Une erreur ne devient une faute que si l'on refuse de la corriger.”
Citation apocryphe.
John F. Kennedy cita cette phrase de O.A. Battista dans son discours sur le rôle de la presse dans une société libre prononcé à l'American Newspaper Publishers Association à New York le 27 avril 1961.
En anglais : "An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it."
Extrait du discours de JFK : "I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers—I welcome it. This Administration intends to be candid about its errors; for, as a wise man once said: "An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it." We intend to accept full responsibility for our errors; and we expect you to point them out when we miss them."