Jack Kevorkian Quotes

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Jack Kevorkian

Profession : Activist

Birth : May 26, 1928

This could never be a crime in any society which deems himself enlightened.

Jack Kevorkian

When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.

Jack Kevorkian

I will go to what they call a court. Only they call it a court.

Jack Kevorkian

Look at the forces against me. They don't want me out. They're afraid I'll cause trouble if I get out.

Jack Kevorkian

The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.

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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.

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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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The Jews were gassed. Armenians were killed in every conceivable way... So the Holocaust doesn't interest me, see? They've had a lot of publicity, but they didn't suffer as much.

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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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I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.

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Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.

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If Christ can die in a barn, I think the death of a human in a van is not so bad.

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I can paint in jail.

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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 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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None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.

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There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.

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I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.

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I'm not lying to myself like most people.

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I'm not radical.

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