Sentence examples for refusals to discuss from inspiring English sources

Because of filibustering and outright refusals to discuss policy, our government and our citizens are diminished in our capacity to overcome obstacles.

One of his rules for democratic discourse stated, "The cardinal sin, when we are looking for truth of fact or wisdom of policy, is refusal to discuss, or action which blocks discussion".

Robert Talisse, an assistant professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University in Nashville who helped organize the conference, quoted one of the 10 rules for intellectual debate Hook laid out in a famous 1954 essay, "The Ethics of Controversy": "The cardinal sin, when we are looking for truth of fact or wisdom of policy, is refusal to discuss, or action which blocks discussion".

Still, our elected officials' refusal to discuss higher taxes may overstate our aversion.

The second question probably explains New Jersey Transit's refusal to discuss the incident in great detail.

That could explain the administration's refusal to discuss his case or his precise whereabouts.

"It is one of my biggest regrets," Tuck said, reneging (somewhat) on his refusal to discuss the Irish.

Mr. McQueen's particularity sometimes extends to a refusal to discuss any aspect of a new work.

But as loquacious as he normally is, Johnson hinted at his opinion with his refusal to discuss it.

The responses ranged from the frank, cold and calculated to refusal to discuss the subject at all.

Enraged at Poland's refusal to discuss a return of Danzig, a town taken from Germany at Versailles, Hitler attacked.