Jack Kevorkian Quotes

This could never be a crime in any society which deems itself enlightened.

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.

There is nothing anyone can do anyway. 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.

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.

I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate.

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

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

This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law.

You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't work. That's why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. They're all religious problems.

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.

The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death!

Dying is not a crime.

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

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.

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