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It’s mid-August and I find myself thinking about Dante lately. Maybe it’s because all the bugs around here make me think of certain scenes from the Inferno, or maybe it’s because I have been reading too much Twitter.
One of John F. Kennedy’s favorite quotes was something he thought came from Dante: “The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality.”
As it turns out, he got the quote wrong. But what Dante did write was far better.
Read morehttps://thebulwark.com/newsletter-issue/the-agony-of-the-anti-anti-trumpers/
One of John F. Kennedy’s favorite quotes was something he thought came from Dante: “The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality.”
As it turns out, he got the quote wrong. But what Dante did write was far better.
Read morehttps://thebulwark.com/newsletter-issue/the-agony-of-the-anti-anti-trumpers/