Jack Kevorkian
Activist
1928-05-26
Quotes by Jack Kevorkian
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This (...) had made me aware for the first time of the well-disguised myth that they and the academic institutions they represent are bastions of a free exchange of ideas. They are -but only of those ideas that don't 'rock the boat', that refrain from challenging hallowed taboos.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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This (...) had made me aware for the first time of the well-disguised myth that they and the academic institutions they represent are bastions of a free exchange of ideas. They are -but only of those ideas that don't 'rock the boat', that refrain from challenging hallowed taboos.
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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.
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What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
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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.
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I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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We are all terminal.
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I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.
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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.
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A transfer of money should never be involved in this profound situation. Although illness is profound, too, but medicine's a business today. It's a business.
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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.
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You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
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