Heartland Quotes

“That feeling of hopelessness only serves your masters.”
― Mort Sahl, Heartland

“This matter of two sides to every question is bad logic and bad practice: sometimes there are no sides; sometimes there are a hundred.”
― Mort Sahl, Heartland

“We all know that America is the worst country in the world, except for all the others.”
― Mort Sahl, Heartland

“You know what I want you to do? I want you to blow out the candle and curse the darkness.”
― Mort Sahl, Heartland

“The distance between taking social action and having the knowledge is as wide as the mouth of the Mississippi.”
― Mort Sahl, Heartland

“I don't think crucifixion is the answer. I believe in the resurrection. I like that part of the story.”
― Mort Sahl, Heartland

“I don't believe in good people and bad people. I believe in the better parts of people.”
― Mort Sahl, Heartland

“I don't think fascism is dying for.”
― Mort Sahl, Heartland

“One reason to keep going is that the country was given to us as a sacred charge. It is, as Stephen Vincent Benet says in 'the Devil and Daniel Webster,' not the only place that created free man- but... Read More its a place that demands that we decide what to do with out freedom. You can only punish yourself, That's the existential view. I don't think there's any reward beyond participating, beyond being here. And the antithesis of reward is punishment, and the only punishment that can come is self-inflicted. I remain optimistic. Whether or not the optimism is justified, I don't know. I want to stay around for the third act.”
― Mort Sahl, Heartland