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""The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality", or a variation on that."

— Misquotations

January 1, 1970

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This was stated by John F. Kennedy and attributed by him to Dante . However, in the Divine Comedy those who "non furon ribelli né fur fedeli" — neither rebelled against nor were faithful to God — are located directly inside the gate of Hell, a region neither hot nor cold (Inferno, canto 3); the lowest part of Hell, a frigid lake of ice, was for traitors.

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This was stated by John F. Kennedy and attributed by him to Dante . However, in the Divine Comedy those who "non furon ribelli né fur fedeli" — neither rebelled against nor were faithful to God — are located directly inside the gate of Hell, a region neither hot nor cold (Inferno, canto 3); the lowest part of Hell, a frigid lake of ice, was for traitors.