Rather than letting otherwise substantial facts speak for themselves, Karlan and Appel over qualify their evidence.

FORBES: Book Review: Making Poverty History

Our premise was to let facts speak for themselves, so we emphasized relevant statistics.

FORBES: Japan Tourism Rides Out the Perfect Storm

The facts speak for themselves with Barnet's first four games yielding seven yellow cards and three reds.

BBC: CHOOSE A SPORT

It is one of the merits of this book that it lets the facts speak for themselves.

ECONOMIST: Crime and policing

Straight news reporters owe it to their readers to choose neutral language and let the facts speak for themselves.

FORBES: Language, Politics, and Journalistic Objectivity

But I think that the facts speak for themselves.

CNN: Tucker Background - 1998

Let the facts speak for themselves.

ECONOMIST: The wealth of nations

No doubt politicians will argue that I'm wrong and there were a good number of scientists involved in constructing "My Plate, " but the facts speak for themselves: If government food recommendations came from science and not politics, the Department of Agriculture would have no role unless we needed cows to lose weight.

WSJ: The Experts: What role should government play in combatting obesity?

Resolution 1441, which we lingered over so long last fall, clearly states that false statements and omissions in the declaration and a failure by Iraq at any time to comply with and cooperate fully in the implementation of this resolution shall constitute -- the facts speak for themselves --shall constitute a further material breach of its obligation.

CNN: Transcript of Powell's U.N. presentation

The movie allows the terrible facts of the case to speak for themselves.

NEWYORKER: Llet Him Have It