Jack Kevorkian Quotes

If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
Jack Kevorkian

Terror, Terrified, Dispel

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

Death, Bad, Human

Liberty means more to me than life itself.
Jack Kevorkian

Life, Liberty, Means

Look at the forces against me. They don't want me out. They're afraid I'll cause trouble if I get out.
Jack Kevorkian

Afraid, Against, Trouble

Many support what I am doing.
Jack Kevorkian

Maybe I won't stay out of prison. Who knows?
Jack Kevorkian

Won, Knows, Stay

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.
Jack Kevorkian

Life, End, Suffering

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

Religion, Different, Areas

My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
Jack Kevorkian

Positive, Experience, Aim

None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.
Jack Kevorkian

Understand, Delay, None

Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.
Jack Kevorkian

Death, Fear, End

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

Judge, Lost, Decision

The Jews were gassed. Armenians were killed in every conceivable way... So the Holocaust doesn't interest me, see? They've had a lot of publicity, but they didn't suffer as much.
Jack Kevorkian

Interest, Suffer, Jews

The law doesn't create a right.
Jack Kevorkian

The law is cruel.
Jack Kevorkian

The patient decides when it's best to go.
Jack Kevorkian

Best, Patient, Decides

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.
Jack Kevorkian

Best, Medical, Decision

The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
Jack Kevorkian

Life, Single, Moment

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

Death, United, Court

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.
Jack Kevorkian

Power, Government, Judge

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

Law, Trial, Lynching

We are all terminal.
Jack Kevorkian

What I think a doctor should do is prevent disease, by any means necessary.
Jack Kevorkian

Means, Doctor, Necessary

When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.
Jack Kevorkian

History, Die, Knowing

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

Yes, Press, Button

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Nationality: American

Born: May 28, 1928

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