Sentences with phrase «hypocrisy of denying»

Released on appeal but unable to fight or leave the country, Ali turned to the lecture circuit, speaking on college campuses, where he engaged in heated debates, pointing out the hypocrisy of denying rights to blacks even as they were ordered to fight the country's battles abroad.

For us to blame capitalism while we live for ourselves alone is to compound our sin of selfishness with the hypocrisy of denying responsibility.

Fundamentalist Christians enjoy the fruits of scientific advancement in every aspect of their daily lives, yet don't see the inherent hypocrisy of denying the results of scientific inquiry into what they consider their magisterium.

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Grushin captures perfectly the little world of the Soviet elite, with all its compromises and its hypocrisies required to maintain access to the comfortable life denied the majority of Soviet citizens.

The revolutionaries who claim for themselves the right to use violence but deny it to the state, who demand that the state act correctly, in the light of love, justice, and the common weal, are guilty of hypocrisy (such as Mr. Debray exhibited during his trial).

This simplistic, atheistic thinking represents the height of hypocrisy and egomania for those who choose to deny the existence of God.

So, even though the Quran tells people to «follow the religion of Abraham,» in hypocrisy it denies the religion of Abraham.

They have denied claims of hypocrisy, arguing it is possible to recognise the need for cuts across the country but oppose specific closures.

Keeping up with Hollywood's cause of the moment can be tricky and there's no denying the hypocrisy of indulging a toxic environment that made so many deplorable acts possible and make a deal of standing against it.

Meanwhile, advocates invoked the «hypocrisy» of voucher critics in Congress who were rich enough to send their own children to private schools but would deny that option to the city's poorer families.

The hypocrisy of this legislation is that it is sponsored by CTA and UTLA, two unions that pride themselves for standing up for the due process rights of their teachers and yet they would dare deny due process for parents, students and other educational leaders with this kind of draconian legislation.

The hypocrisy that the developed nations used fossil fuels to improve the length and quality of life and are now denying that opportunity to other nations is egregious.