Jack Kevorkian Quotes

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Jack Kevorkian

Profession : Activist

Birth : May 26, 1928

The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.

Jack Kevorkian

You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.

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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 have a natural right to do whatever I want with my body... as long as it doesn't affect anybody else or any other property.

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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 have no regrets, none whatsoever.

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It's the boredom that kills you. You read until you're tired of that. You do crossword puzzles until you're tired of that. This is torture. This is mental torture.

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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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The law doesn't create a right.

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Let's hope you feel better now.

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Rotten travesty. Yeah. Send me to jail for contempt. Try that. Go ahead.

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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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Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.

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The law is cruel.

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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.

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Maybe I won't stay out of prison. Who knows?

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I don't persuade to suicide.

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Everyone is going to die.

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What I think a doctor should do is prevent disease, by any means necessary.

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