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You've gotta know what death is to know life!

Jack Kevorkian

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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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What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
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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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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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I don't crave publicity, you know.
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I have no regrets, none whatsoever.
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
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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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My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion.
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None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.
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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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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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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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I am not a sentimental person.
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When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.
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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 for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.
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