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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
Composer
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Pontiac
Michigan
Dr. Death
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I am not a sentimental person.
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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 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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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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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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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
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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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This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law.
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Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.
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I don't crave publicity, you know.
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I suppose, if helping a patient die is killing, I suppose I'm a killer.
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What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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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 have no regrets, none whatsoever.
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Everyone is going to die. Aren't you interested in what's going to happen?
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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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The Jews were gassed. Armenians were killed in every conceivable way... So the Holocaust doesn't interest me, see? They've had a lot of publicity, but they didn't suffer as much.
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What are friends? Some people are nice. Some people aren't. There are some I'm fairly close with... we talk.
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