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Re:Why is Mail Online going after the fact checkers? by dragonwriter on Friday December 23, 2016 @10:23PM (#13248407)
> There's a lawyer's saying that when the facts are against you, you pound on the table.

The usual saying is, "When the law is on your side, argue the law; when the facts are on your side, argue the law; when neither is on your side, pound the table."

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Re:Why is Mail Online going after the fact checkers? by ternaryoperator on Friday December 23, 2016 @11:01PM (#13248490)
The quote appears to be from Carl Sandburg[1]

The variant I've heard is: "When the facts are against you, argue the law; when the law is against you, argue the facts; if both the facts and the law are against you, get a new client."

[1] http://able2know.org/topic/98689-1

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Re:Why is Mail Online going after the fact checkers? by Natsu on Friday December 23, 2016 @10:57PM (#13248474)
Yeah, that's the one. Thank you.
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