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

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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
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First of all, do any of you here think it's a crime to help a suffering human end his agony? Any of you think it is? Say so right now. Well, then, what are we doing here?
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
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I always said all my life, if I wasn't born and they gave me the question, I'd say, I don't want to be born.
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I got to dislike parties, like Jefferson and Madison. I think they're harmful. But the system is flawed so badly. I like what Plato said, long ago. Democracy is fit only for a small country. Can't survive in a large country.
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Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.
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I didn't do this for other people I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish?
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The patient decides when it's best to go.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion.
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I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.
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I learned to smile by going through hell. Now I know what hell is and you don't. I can't tell you how it is, cause you can't do it with words.
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You've gotta know what death is to know life!
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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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I'm not the kind of guy who has best friends.
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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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