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Liberty means more to me than life itself.
Jack Kevorkian
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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
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Jazz Musician
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Michigan
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I have no regrets, none whatsoever.
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You've gotta know what death is to know life!
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I would not want to live with a tube in my neck and not be able to move a finger. I wouldn't - that to me is not life.
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I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.
Jack Kevorkian
What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
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Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.
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The patient decides when it's best to go.
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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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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 suppose, if helping a patient die is killing, I suppose I'm a killer.
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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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I don't crave publicity, you know.
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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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My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion.
Jack Kevorkian
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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Many support what I am doing.
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I am not a sentimental person.
Jack Kevorkian
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.
Jack Kevorkian
I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.
Jack Kevorkian
When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
Jack Kevorkian
