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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
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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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Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.
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I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.
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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 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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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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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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Everyone is going to die. Aren't you interested in what's going to happen?
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There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.
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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 religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion.
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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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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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I'm not lying to myself like most people.
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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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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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Many support what I am doing.
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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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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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