Sentence examples similar to excuses the truth from inspiring English sources

This fear of the Daily Mail is a dishonest excuse – the truth is that there is a collective lack of will to address one of our major social problems.

We were given a lot of excuses, but the truth was simply that one of our sister publications, a magazine called Impacto, was very critical of the government then.

Provide factual explanations of why you weren't as engaged with your friendship as you could have been rather than offering excuses - the truth is important.

I've seen the habit in other organizations, and I saw it creeping into our organization, where people tend to make excuses or spin the truth — "Well, this did happen, but it's because of this".

"We know you lost to the deputy prime minister last time - why don't you just cut out the feeble excuses and admit the truth: you are worried you might lose again?" Mr Cameron replied: "You want to talk about the future of a television programme, I want to talk about the future of the country.

Embarrassment is no longer an excuse to stifle the truth.

"It wasn't an excuse; it was the truth," Hitchcock said.

Governments have used this as an excuse to hide the truth from those they rule.

"She'd say, 'Go ahead and use me for an excuse.' " But the truth is right where it belongs, in the column.

I wince a little when I hear 'artistic license' because it generally sounds like a dodge — and an excuse for hyping the truth.

Her contradictory excuses couldn't hide the truth: Hezbollah didn't approve of her selling them openly, though they didn't mind her "gifting" them.