「如果事实对你有利,那就强调事实;
「如果法律对你有利,那就强调法律;
「如果两者都对你不利,拍桌子把水搅浑。」
There's an old legal aphorism that goes, "If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither on your side, pound the table."

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