Her former colleagues at the Getty have nothing to learn from Pontius Pilate when it comes to washing their hands.Ms True battled on in Rome, refusing to admit any guilt.
Getting the balance right is the day-to-day reality of politics and power, just as it is in developed countries; refusing to admit there might be trade-offs is reductive.
McCarthyism later revived an older discourse linking Jews with communism, and six of the so-called Hollywood 10 (screenwriters, producers and directors held in contempt of Congress for refusing to admit or deny communist affiliation) were Jewish.
Americans are no less nationalistic than people in other lands, often refusing to admit that their government is something other than a virtuous, innocent, and selfless virgin attempting to clean up an evil, depraved, and immoral world for the good of all.
When Jack died, the story goes, God wouldn't countenance him in heaven, and the Devil, refusing to admit him to hell, handed Stingy Jack a carved-out turnip with a hot coal inside to light his way as he wandered the earth eternally.
Mr Abe has in the past month caught himself up in an uncalled-for furore by refusing to admit that the Japanese imperial army coerced Korean, Chinese and other women to work in brothels in the second world war.
But according to a defense official in Seoul, the North did not bend on two crucial demands from the South, refusing to admit involvement in the sinking of the South Korean ship last March and failing to apologize for the shelling in November of Yeonpyeong Island.
He was a familiar figure in the corridors of the LSHTM, taking a keen interest in the work of colleagues and refusing to admit to any disability.
Friends of Chambers said Starmer was trying to save face by refusing to admit he was in the wrong.
Finding the item, she said, had proved arduous, with many store owners refusing to admit they had masks in stock.
