Alabama Quote by Joseph Lowery

The death penalty has succeeded in America, not in spite of Christians, but because of us. The Bible Belt is the Death Belt. Wherever…

— Shane Claiborne

I just think Texas and that whole Bible Belt section is so, like, corporate. And I don't agree with organized religion in that respect.

— Hunter Parrish

If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to…

— Steve Allen

I think that people in the Bible Belt are far less monolithically religious than many people imagine. There are lots and lots of people…

— Richard Dawkins

There is one appointed supreme executioner. Truly, trying to take the place of the supreme executioner is like trying to carve wood like a…

— Laozi

Every nut who kills people has a Bible lying around.

— Penn Jillette

The bible belt is oral territory and therefore despised by the literati.

— Marshall McLuhan

“It is shocking how many crimes the Bible contains. The Governor's wife should cut them all out and paste them into her scrapbook.”

— Margaret Atwood

I am the executioner. When the crime is committed and the Lord God does not take vengeance nor does the exalted State move to…

— Jay Bennett

“Maybe "Bible Belt" refers not so much to the popularity of the Good Book in these parts, but to the biblical-plague level of insects.”

— Paul Jury

“Which executioner is the more humane, he who kills you in a few minutes or he who drags the life out of you in…

— Anton Chekhov

Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don't have executions.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg