Sentences with phrase «truth as a defense»

Without pursuing the truth as a defense, discovery is much more limited.

It doesn't list truth as defense.

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«But the truth is, most of them probably see Secretary [of Defense James] Mattis, General McMaster, and Secretary [of State Rex] Tillerson as figures in which basically they see the same basic national security policies that they would have seen under Bush - or even Reagan for that matter.»

In addition, the twelfth - century pope Innocent III's pessimistic appraisal of humanity is quoted to exemplify medieval gloom, followed by» in the very same chapter» a defense of the contorted portraits by Gorringe's contemporary Francis Bacon as «help [ing] us see the truth about human beings.»

When confusion and disagreement is the weapon the defense is to stop the name calling and bitterness and the counterattack is to approach the tough scriptures together one at a time and work through them meticulously with truth as your goal rather than an arrogant confirmation of your views (regardless of whether or not you are right).

Finally, the credibility of science itself has been shown — once again, and as if we needed a reminder — to be subject to such ordinary human failings as ego defense, the willingness to bend the truth rather than admit error, and the temptation to disparage and insult one's opponents.

In his vigorous outline for the defense of marriage, published in National Review in May, for instance, Ryan Anderson chooses as the first step, «Stand Up for Our Authority as Citizens and Pass Laws Reflecting the Truth about Marriage.»

It must begin, as Jefferson began the American democratic experiment, with the assertion and defense of truths.

As it's said, the truth needs no defense — it speaks for itself.

It was the basis of his argument for eloquent sermons as a counter-force to the malevolent uses of rhetoric: «While the faculty of eloquence, which is of great value in urging either evil or justice, is in itself indifferent, why should it not be obtained for the uses of the good in the service of truth if the evil usurp it for the winning of the perverse and vain causes in defense in iniquity and error?»

But the truth is that Howard has been a catalyst for elite team defense, and that's something worth loving as a basketball fan.

I think people probably admire the way Dimitroff and Quinn have worked to build the defense through the draft over the last several years, but the truth is a lot of that building process has been characterized as an attempt to mimic the Seahawks who, for a few years, became a model defense (if not a model franchise).

There is some truth in this argument, although it remains a mystery why it is better to cut social benefits rather than military spending at a time when the United States spend more money on defense than the next 10 military powers — such as China, Russia, France, England, Germany and Japan — combined.

Todd Howe's attorney admitted Monday that his client has a history of «not always telling the truth,» conceding a point to defense lawyers who are laboring to portray the government's star witness as a congenital liar.

Brooklyn defense attorney David Zevin almost made legal history last month by attempting to submit functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data as evidence that a key witness was telling the truth.

The Whole Truth (R for profanity, rape and violence) Courtroom drama starring Keanu Reeves as a defense attorney hired by a widowed friend (Renee Zellweger) to represent her son (Gabriel Basso) who has already confessed to patricide.

Defense attorney Abaku Inugami may be only a sixth grader but he's as fierce as they come in the courtroom as he uncovers the truth behind the incidents plaguing the school.

Would you, as part of the Team and after watching colleges being thrown to the wolves when their rearguard actions to defend the faith were hit by the light of day, be inclined to bend the truth even the slightest in defense of another Team member?

In a world where Gleick is hailed by many as a hero for fraud and fabrication, where philosophers who specialize in ethics tell us in his defense that the end justifies the means, where climategate emails that illustrate corrupt practices and subversion are dismissed as normal and acceptable — to hear that Monckton had the integrity, courage, and dedication to say «you raised your hands in denial of the truth.

Seems that GW truth's is not at issue Global Warming's not used to defame Such defense would seem thin as a tissue When he's outed each donor by name

Economy with the truth seems to be Mann's stock - in - trade when rallying his little army of acolytes and lesser lights to the defense of his «cause» — i.e. the self - glorification of Michael E. Mann and / or his pseudo-auto-bio which would more realistically have been entitled, Portrait of the Artist as an Aggrieved Mann: A Novel.

Now, it's a truth universally recognised — even the professional Repub defense team doesn't deny it, preferring the (demonstrably false) line that Dems are just as bad.

Evans» book is such a tour de force that liberals are already preparing a «yesterday's news» defense — as if they had long ago admitted the truth about McCarthy.

Flashback 2008: Al Gore leads new «Reality» Coalition to debunk «clean coal» myth — Dec 4, 2008 — Today, Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection, the League of Conservation Voters, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Sierra Club launched the «Reality» Coalition, a national grassroots and advertising effort to tell a simple truth: there is no such thing as «clean coal.

Henning anticipates that as an initial strategy, Bonds» lawyers will raise a «literal truth defense,» and argue that Bonds» responses to questions about steroid use were not lies, but were either literally truthful, or unintentionally misleading due to confusion about the particular question.

As FindLaw explains, the best defense to a defamation suit is the truth.

But as with any defamation case, the best defense is the truth.

It is not necessary for the statements to actually be true under U.S. law in a case such as this one, although actual truth is also a defense, which is not the case in all circumstances in U.K. law, and was not the case under the historical common law.

This is often done as a defense mechanism by the alienating parent as a way to curry favor with the children in an effort to further justify their alienation, but the truth is that these types of discussions and providing this type of information to children can be very destructive emotionally and psychologically.