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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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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
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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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Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.
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When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.
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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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None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.
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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 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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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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