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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. "

Jack Kevorkian

You

Tired

Mental

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" 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. "

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

" My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion. "

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

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

Jack Kevorkian

You

Your

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

" I suppose, if helping a patient die is killing, I suppose I'm a killer. "

" My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience. "

" 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

You

End

" 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? "

" 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. "

Jack Kevorkian

Lost

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. "

" 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. "