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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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Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay 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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None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.
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Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.
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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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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 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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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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I am not a sentimental person.
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I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.
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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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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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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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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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Listen, when you take my liberty away, you've taken away more-something more precious than life. I mean, what good is a life without liberty? Huh? None.
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