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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.

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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
Composer
Jazz Musician
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Pontiac
Michigan
Dr. Death
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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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I suppose, if helping a patient die is killing, I suppose I'm a killer.
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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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Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.
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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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Dying is not a crime.
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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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There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.
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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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I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.
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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 religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion.
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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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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 am not a sentimental person.
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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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The patient decides when it's best to go.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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I'm not lying to myself like most people.
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