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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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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
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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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Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.
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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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I don't crave publicity, you know.
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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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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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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 got to dislike parties, like Jefferson and Madison. I think they're harmful. But the system is flawed so badly. I like what Plato said, long ago. Democracy is fit only for a small country. Can't survive in a large country.
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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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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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I am not a sentimental person.
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Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.
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Everyone is going to die. Aren't you interested in what's going to happen?
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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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I'm not the kind of guy who has best friends.
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