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" Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma. "
Lost
Me
Society
" As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified. "
Doctor
Data
Wish
" 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? "
Help
Doing
Suffering
" Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares. "
Nobody Cares
Waiting
Die
" I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets. "
Cleaning
Demeaning
Find
" 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. "
Food
Good
Good Food
" I don't persuade to suicide. "
Suicide
Persuade
" If Christ can die in a barn, I think the death of a human in a van is not so bad. "
Die
Death
Think
" If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate self-determination, when you determine how and when you're going to die when you're suffering. "
Liberty
You
Suffering
" I suppose, if helping a patient die is killing, I suppose I'm a killer. "
Suppose
Patient
Killer
" 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. "
You
Tired
Mental
" 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. "
Up
You
End
" 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. "
Fighting
Free
Help
" I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate. "
Death
Will
Like
" 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. "
Move
Finger
Life
" Let's hope you feel better now. "
Feel
You
Hope
" 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. "
Life
Doctor
End
" My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion. "
Religion
Conventional
Different
" My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience. "
Euthanasia
Aim
Experience
" She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that. "
Decision
Judge
She
" 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. "
Happy
Sports
Rich
" 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. "
Advice
Decision
Medical
" What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile. "
Looks
Smile
Like
" Yes, we need euthanasia, for certain cases where people are in comas or too immobile to even press a button. "
Need
Euthanasia
Yes
" You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care. "
Me
You
Your
" You've gotta know what death is to know life! "
You
Death
Know
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