Today, on behalf of your fellow Americans, I offer a sincere opology to you for the actions that unfairly denied __ families fundamental liberties during World War II. In passing the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, we acknowledged the wrongs of the past and offered redress to those who endured such grave injustice. In retrospect, we understand that the nation's actions were rooted deeply in racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and a lack of political leadership -President Bill Clinton, letter of opology, October 1,1993 In this excerpt, President Clinton is apologizing for the internment of Japanese Americans the verdict of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act