'Hell in a Handbasket' is not dealing with the political nature of the country. It's dealing with the humanity and the compassion of the world.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to your own citizens, who are supposedly your ultimate sovereigns.
What is the damnation of hell? To go with that society who have not obeyed His commands.
Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.
I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
In my judgment, the American people are too brave, too charitable, too generous, too magnanimous, to believe in the infamous dogma of an eternal hell.
There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.
Deep down I knew that if Hell existed, it was a real place full of ruthless, venal people, like the commodity pits at the Chicago Board of Trade, Disney World, or oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court.