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In quixotically trying to conquer death doctors all too frequently do no good for their patients' ease but at the same time they do harm instead by prolonging and even magnifying patients' dis-ease.
Jack Kevorkian
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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
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Michigan
Dr. Death
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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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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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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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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 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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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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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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Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.
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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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All the big powers... they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right.
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This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law.
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