Jack Kevorkian Quotes
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The law doesn't create a right.
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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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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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None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.
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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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Many support what I am doing.
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I'm not radical.
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Fear controls you.
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What I think a doctor should do is prevent disease, by any means necessary.
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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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I knew I was getting into one of the most illegal things in the world. It was the right thing to do.
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I don't persuade to suicide.
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My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion.
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You've gotta know what death is to know life!
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I'm not a romantic.
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Rotten travesty. Yeah. Send me to jail for contempt. Try that. Go ahead.
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Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.
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Everyone is going to die.
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I'm not the kind of guy who has best friends.
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What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
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Dying is not a crime.
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The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.