How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #7
It takes very little to govern good people. Very little. And bad people cant be governed at all. Or if they could I never heard of it. (3.1.6)
Do you agree with Bell's point? We imagine he would be against gun control, since good people behave, and bad guys would get guns, anyway.
Quote #8
You cant corrupt [the truth] because that's what it is. It's the thing you're talkin about. I've heard it compared to the rock—maybe in the bible—and I wouldnt disagree with that. But it'll be here even when the rock is gone. (5.1.1)
Bell believes that the truth is good and unchangeable. Do good and evil vary in degrees, or are they absolute?
Quote #9
They asked me if I believed in Satan. I said Well that aint the point. And they said I know but do you? I had to think about that. I guess as a boy I did. Come the middle of my years my belief I reckon had waned somewhat. Now I'm startin to lean back the other way. He explains a lot of things that otherwise dont have no explanation. Or not to me they dont. (8.1.4)
It might be hard to be believe in true, all-consuming evil until you have seen it and what it can do. Bell returns to believing in evil after seeing Chigurh's work; for him, there is no other explanation for Chigurh's behavior.