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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
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Michigan
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The Jews were gassed. Armenians were killed in every conceivable way... So the Holocaust doesn't interest me, see? They've had a lot of publicity, but they didn't suffer as much.
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If Christ can die in a barn, I think the death of a human in a van is not so bad.
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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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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.
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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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When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.
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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.
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You've gotta know what death is to know life!
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Dying is not a crime.
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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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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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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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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 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 have no regrets, none whatsoever.
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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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I'm not lying to myself like most people.
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