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I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.
Jack Kevorkian
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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
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Jazz Musician
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Michigan
Dr. Death
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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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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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What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
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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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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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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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This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law.
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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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My intent was to carry out my duty as a doctor, to end their suffering. Unfortunately, that entailed, in their cases, ending of the life.
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
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The patient decides when it's best to go.
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I don't crave publicity, you know.
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I am not a sentimental person.
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You've gotta know what death is to know life!
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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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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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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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I learned to smile by going through hell. Now I know what hell is and you don't. I can't tell you how it is, cause you can't do it with words.
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