#tempt

I oppose the attempts of homosexual activists to treat homosexual activity as a civil right to be protected and promoted by the government. ↗

— Todd Akin

#activity #attempts #civil #civil right #government

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens. ↗

— Tom Allen

#attempt #attention #citizens #continued #darfur

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#down #lives #man #men #provided

Whatever their bodies do affects their souls. It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out... ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#temptation #funny

The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#down #ethics #grass #grass roots #had

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#attempt #end #enterprises #great #level

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart. ↗

— Thomas Boston

#fire #heart #temptation #up

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. ↗