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None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.

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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
Composer
Jazz Musician
Painter
Pathologist
Physician
Politician
Pontiac
Michigan
Dr. Death
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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 think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.
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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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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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Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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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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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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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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What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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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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If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate self-determination, when you determine how and when you're going to die when you're suffering.
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Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.
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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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There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.
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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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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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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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I'm not lying to myself like most people.
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