Who said this

[knight_of_the_star]

Win and you get a cookie!

There is a place in Hell for those who remain neutral in times of great moral crisis.

[Sgt. Baker]

1. dante?

[knight_of_the_star]

9. You get a cookie!

[jobycom]

2. Ambrose Bierce?

[paineinthearse]

3. Don't know, but it is akin to

...those who stand in the middle of the road are going to be hit.

[Kipling]

4. Yeah, could be Dante...

Doesn't sound old-fasioned enough, actually, but maybe that was lost in translation. Who knows what sounds old to Italians?

[indy_azcat]

5. it is dante

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
~Dante Alighieri

[deacon2]

6. I'm smelling sulphur...

"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in time of great moral crisis."
— Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (1265-1321), from the Divine Comedy

[tx_dem41]

7. It was MLK

where is my cookie. :)

By the way the actual quote was:

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict

On edit: It looks like MLK was paraphrasing Dante.

[pscot]

8. Sheesh

I was trying to remember who said "Win and you get a cookie". My bad.