Jack Kevorkian Quotes
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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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Fear controls you.
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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 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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Rotten travesty. Yeah. Send me to jail for contempt. Try that. Go ahead.
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I've seen schizophrenics who are so hopeless, you couldn't cheer them, and their lives are miserable and they end up as suicides. That's not right.
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What I think a doctor should do is prevent disease, by any means necessary.
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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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First of all, do any of you here think it's a crime to help a suffering human end his agony? Any of you think it is? Say so right now. Well, then, what are we doing here?
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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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All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right.
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The law doesn't create a right.
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I don't persuade to suicide.
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What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
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Everyone is going to die.
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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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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.
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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.
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I don't enjoy good food. I don't enjoy flashy cars. I don't care if I live in a dump. I don't enjoy good clothes. This is the best I've dressed in months.
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I'm not lying to myself like most people.
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I'm not the kind of guy who has best friends.