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This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law.

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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
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Michigan
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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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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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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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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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I have no regrets, none whatsoever.
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I'm not the kind of guy who has best friends.
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First of all, do any of you here think it's a crime to help a suffering human end his agony? Any of you think it is? Say so right now. Well, then, what are we doing here?
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When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.
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The patient decides when it's best to go.
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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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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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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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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion.
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Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.
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You've gotta know what death is to know life!
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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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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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The Supreme Court of the United States has validated the Nazi method of execution in concentration camps, starving them to death.
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