"There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal."

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“This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law.”

“My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion.”

“All the big powers...they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right.”

“This is a medical service. It always was.”

“I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.”

“As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.”

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Music1900–1955

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"If isn't that Liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so much that isn't so."

— Ronald Reagan

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"I used to have these very strange situations where I'd be walking down the street and I would imagine people calling out my name. I was as optimistic and as full of hope as anybody could be. And lots …"

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