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Jack Kevorkian Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.

I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.



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

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



The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal.

The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal.



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

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



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.

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.



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

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



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.

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.



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.

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.



Despite the solace of hypocritical religiosity and its seductive promise of an after-life of heavenly bliss, most of us will do anything to thwart the inevitable victory of biological death.

Despite the solace of hypocritical religiosity and its seductive promise of an after-life of heavenly bliss, most of us will do anything to thwart the inevitable victory of biological death.



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

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





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The unadmitted reason why traditional readers are hostile to e-books is that we still hold the superstitious idea that a book is like a soul, and that every soul should have its own body.

The unadmitted reason why traditional readers are hostile to e-books is that we still hold the superstitious idea that a book is like a soul, and that every soul should have its own body.



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The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull: At some point, a pit bull does stop whining.



You have to excuse me because I AM a teenager, so I'm allowed to sound illiterate and make stupid comments like 'I'm not into hard-core feminism.'

You have to excuse me because I AM a teenager, so I'm allowed to sound illiterate and make stupid comments like 'I'm not into hard-core feminism.'



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For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.

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I can't very well preach unity and tell the guys we're all in this together and everyone's important, then cut a guy because we might improve by one percent if we bring in someone else.

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To kill or not to kill, that was the question that haunted me.

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