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“There is not a single loophole or curveball or open trench to fall into for the man or woman who walks the path that Christ walks. When He says, "Come, Follow Me" (Luke 18:22), He means that He knows where the quicksand is and where the thorns are and the best way to handle the slippery slope near the summit of our personal mountains. He knows it all, and He knows the way. He is the way.”

Knows Men Way Mean Fall Christ Walks Path Mountain Handle Best Way Summit Thorns Follow Me Luke Slippery Slopes Trenches Know It All Loopholes Quicksand Slippery Slope Curveballs

Author:Jeffrey R. Holland

“So all you want is a kiss?" I asked. A little voice in my head said I was heading for one of those slippery slopes. I told the little voice to shut up. "Well, maybe more than one. But basically, yeah.”

Want Wells Littles Said Voice Kissing Yeah Shut Up Headings Slippery Slopes Slippery Slope Voices In My Head

Book:Glimmerglass: A Faeriewalker Novel

Source: Glimmerglass: A Faeriewalker Novel

“People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights.”

People Ifs Thinking Country States Facts Certain Parent Rights Gay Married Okay Civil Rights Barack Illegal Gay Marriage Being Married Slippery Slopes Slippery Slope

Author:Kerry Washington

“There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.”

People Firsts Long Freedom Loss Liberty Leader Steps Libertarian Libertarianism Limited Government Slippery Slopes Limiting Government Staircases Slippery Slope

Author:Alan K. Simpson

“All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are up to a point.”

Important Political Politics Four Politician Slippery Slopes Slippery Slope

Book:Statecraft as Soulcraft

Source: Statecraft as Soulcraft

“I think you’ve got to be very, very careful when you start making blanket statements about what people say and think, as opposed to what they do. It’s a very, very slippery slope.”

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Author:Mark Cuban

“This is a slippery slope in addition to that. At what point are we going to OK marrying inanimate objects? Can - can I marry this table, or this, you know, clock? Can we marry dogs? This is ridiculous.”

Knows Men Christian Belief Dog Objects Okay Tables Fundamentals Ridiculous Clock One Man Marrying One Woman Slippery Slopes Inanimate Objects Slippery Slope

Author:Rebecca Kleefisch

“New Rule: Gay marriage won't lead to dog marriage. It is not a slippery slope to rampant inter-species coupling. When women got the right to vote, it didn't lead to hamsters voting. No court has extended the equal protection clause to salmon. And for the record, all marriages are "same sex" marriages. You get married, and every night, it's the same sex.”

Source: New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer

“Society really seems to have developed an unquestioning obedience towards spooky types… Did we get to where we are today via a slippery slope that was entirely within our control to stop? Or was it a relatively instantaneous sea change that sneaked in undetected because of pervasive government secrecy?”

Seems Government Today Sea Type Obedience Secrecy Slippery Spooky Slopes Instantaneous Slippery Slope Sea Change

Author:Edward Snowden

“I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil.”

Ifs Soul Faith Failing Devil Sells Your Soul Slippery Slopes Slippery Slope Lack Of Faith

Author:Michelle Shocked

“There is a big difference between an honest mistake made in a moment of spiritual weakness and a willfull decision to disobey persistently the commandments of God. Those who deliberately choose to violate God's commandments or ignore the standards of the Church, even when promising themselves and others that someday they will be strong enough to repent, are stepping into a dangerously slippery slope upon which many have lost their spiritual footing.”

“Vodka eyeballing sounds great, but it's a slippery slope. Next, you'll be scotch nostriling, tequila nippling and, before you know it, Jager tainting.”

Knows Next Sound Slippery Slopes Scotch Vodka Slippery Slope Tequila

Author:Stephen Colbert

“Once you put human life in human hands, you have started on a slippery slope that knows no boundaries.”

Knows Humans Hands Boundaries Human Life Slippery Slopes No Boundaries Slippery Slope Human Hands

Author:Leon Kass

“I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into, by giving up the right of the Congress to talk about when and how and where we go to war.”

Giving War Wish Attention Giving Up Constitution Presses Congress Slippery Slopes Erosion Slippery Slope

Author:Barbara Lee

“Anytime that knowledge and a version of the truth are considered to be absolute, fundamentalism is the result, whether the arena is Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or any other religious faith, as well as atheism, conservative or liberal political views, even evolution or intelligent design. Anytime our minds are closed and there is no room for dissent, we are on a slippery slope towards stagnation.”

“The argument has been made in Congress that it is slippery slope if you allow therapeutic, what people people are calling therapeutic cloning, then you will get reproductive cloning.”

People Ifs Has Beens Made Calling Argument Congress Therapeutic Slippery Slopes Cloning Slippery Slope

Author:David Baltimore

“Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.”

Humans Heart May Hatred Affection Height Climbing Pauses Human Heart Slippery Slopes Slippery Slope

Author:Honore de Balzac

“This society in which we live is radically changing. What previous generations saw as evil is now embraced as being good. It is a dangerous and slippery slope upon which we stand when we reject what Solomon called the beginning of wisdom - the fear of God.”

Evil Saws Generations Dangerous Be Good Rejects Slippery This Society Slopes Solomon Slippery Slope Previous Generations

Author:Ray Comfort

“All marriages are same sex marriages. You get married and every night, it's the same sex.”

Funny Night Sex Married Humorous Every Night Gay Marriage Slippery Slope Hamsters Equal Protection

Book:New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer

Source: New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer

“Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons.”

People Reason Situation Torture Slippery Slopes Legal System Slippery Slope

Author:Iain Banks

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