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Jack Kevorkian

· 22 kata bijak

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

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

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

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You've gotta know what death is to know life!

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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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I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.

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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.

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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.

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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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Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.

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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.

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Let's hope you feel better now.

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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.

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

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What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.

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

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