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There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.

Jack Kevorkian

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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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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 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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You've gotta know what death is to know life!
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My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion.
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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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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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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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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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Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.
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I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.
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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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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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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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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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When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.
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Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.
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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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