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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.
Jack Kevorkian
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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
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Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.
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This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law.
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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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My aim in helping the patient was not to cause death. My aim was to end suffering. It's got to be decriminalized.
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I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.
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What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
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The Supreme Court of the United States has validated the Nazi method of execution in concentration camps, starving them to death.
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The patient decides when it's best to go.
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In quixotically trying to conquer death doctors all too frequently do no good for their patients' ease but at the same time they do harm instead by prolonging and even magnifying patients' dis-ease.
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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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If Christ can die in a barn, I think the death of a human in a van is not so bad.
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The American Medical Association says the humane way is to let people starve and thirst to death. If you did that to an animal, youd be put in jail immediately ... In the face of such insanity masquerading as authority, who wouldnt be strident?
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Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.
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I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.
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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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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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I would not want to live with a tube in my neck and not be able to move a finger. I wouldn't - that to me is not life.
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I'm not lying to myself like most people.
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The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy with bread and their spectator sports. The Super Bowl means more to them than any right.
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
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