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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. "

Jack Kevorkian

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" I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You've gotta know what death is to know life! "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

Jack Kevorkian

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