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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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I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.
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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 lying to myself like most people.
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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.
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I don't enjoy good food. I don't enjoy flashy cars. I don't care if I live in a dump. I don't enjoy good clothes. This is the best I've dressed in months.
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I don't crave publicity, you know.
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I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.
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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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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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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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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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I am not a sentimental person.
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Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.
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I have no regrets, none whatsoever.
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The patient decides when it's best to go.
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