The majority of Utah’s citizens do not merely approve the death penalty, they demand it – the state religion demands it. Shana Alexander Read Quote
In Mormon society and culture, highest values are placed on hard work, thrift, clean living, obedience to the elders and, above all, on the importance of the family. Shana Alexander Read Quote
In Utah, the American melting pot is unstirred. Three out of four people are Mormons, and they are all here in this bleakly beautiful sanctuary ‘behind the Zion curtain’ because of religious persecution. Shana Alexander Read Quote
I have been active as a writer and journalist for nearly forty years. But the number of great reporters I have run across in that time would make, as they say, a slim book. Without question, the top man on my list would be Tommy Thompson. Shana Alexander Read Quote
Telephone operators recognize my voice before I give my name, and say, ‘Sock it to Kilpatrick.’ Shana Alexander Read Quote
Every time I get ready to chuck it, I remind myself that I can accomplish a lot in that little minute, and they remember what I say. Shana Alexander Read Quote
I couldn’t have made it without knowing how to use laughter to get from one day to the next. Shana Alexander Read Quote
People say to me now, ‘Oh, it must have been so glamorous to grow up in hotels, eat in restaurants.’ Of course, we hated it. Shana Alexander Read Quote
