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Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.
Jack Kevorkian
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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
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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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All the big powers... they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right.
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If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate self-determination, when you determine how and when you're going to die when you're suffering.
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None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.
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Many support what I am doing.
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I am not a sentimental person.
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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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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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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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