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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?
Jack Kevorkian
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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
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Michigan
Dr. Death
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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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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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You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't work. That's why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. They're all religious problems.
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My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion.
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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 suppose, if helping a patient die is killing, I suppose I'm a killer.
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None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.
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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
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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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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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I don't crave publicity, you know.
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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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I am not a sentimental person.
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I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.
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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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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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Dying is not a crime.
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There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.
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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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