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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. — Jack Kevorkian

Dying is not a crime. — Jack Kevorkian

The patient decides when it's best to go. — Jack Kevorkian

I'm not a romantic. — Jack Kevorkian

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. — Jack Kevorkian

I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us. — Jack Kevorkian

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

What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile. — Jack Kevorkian

I'm not lying to myself like most people. — Jack Kevorkian

The public can tolerate a Nazi America. — Jack Kevorkian

We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington. — Jack Kevorkian

I learned to smile by going through hell. Now I know what hell is and you don't. I can't tell you how it is, cause you can't do it with words. — Jack Kevorkian

Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it. — Jack Kevorkian

Many support what I am doing. — Jack Kevorkian

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

I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets. — Jack Kevorkian

How can you regret helping a suffering patient? — Jack Kevorkian

What are friends? Some people are nice. Some people aren't. There are some I'm fairly close with ... we talk. — Jack Kevorkian

When you have nothing left to burn, you must set yourself on fire. — Jack Kevorkian

My aim in helping the patient was not to cause death. My aim was to end suffering. It's got to be decriminalized. — Jack Kevorkian

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

This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law. — Jack Kevorkian

All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right. — Jack Kevorkian

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

I can paint in jail. — Jack Kevorkian

My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion. — Jack Kevorkian

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

I suppose, if helping a patient die is killing, I suppose I'm a killer. — Jack Kevorkian

There are certain things that words on paper can never make a crime, .. There are certain acts that by sheer common sense are not crimes. — Jack Kevorkian

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

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

The law doesn't create a right. — Jack Kevorkian

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

I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults. — Jack Kevorkian

None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them. — Jack Kevorkian

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

The law is cruel. — Jack Kevorkian

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. — Jack Kevorkian

I'm not radical. — Jack Kevorkian

I am not a sentimental person. — Jack Kevorkian

I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish? — Jack Kevorkian

I have no regrets, none whatsoever. — 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

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. — Jack Kevorkian

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

We are all terminal. — Jack Kevorkian

Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares. — Jack Kevorkian

Everyone is going to die. — Jack Kevorkian

My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience. — Jack Kevorkian

When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it. — Jack Kevorkian

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

I'm not the kind of guy who has best friends. — Jack Kevorkian

Yes, we need euthanasia, for certain cases where people are in comas or too immobile to even press a button. — Jack Kevorkian

I knew I was getting into one of the most illegal things in the world. It was the right thing to do. — Jack Kevorkian

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

I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice. — Jack Kevorkian

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

She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that. — Jack Kevorkian

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. — Jack Kevorkian

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

I don't persuade to suicide. — Jack Kevorkian

Liberty means more to me than life itself. — Jack Kevorkian

Let's hope you feel better now. — Jack Kevorkian

I don't crave publicity, you know. — Jack Kevorkian

You've gotta know what death is to know life! — Jack Kevorkian