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84 Interesting Quotes By Jack Kevorkian, The Advocate Of Assisted Suicide

Famous As: American pathologist
Born On: May 26, 1928
Died On: June 3, 2011
Born In: Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.
Died At Age: 83

Jack Kevorkian was a well-known American pathologist and euthanasia activist. Jack is best remembered for his support and advocacy of a terminally ill patient's right to die. Portrayed in media s 'Dr. Death', he is said to have helped at least 130 patients towards that end. He was a controversial figure by many hail him as a hero as he gave a lot of momentum to the demand terminally ill patients to die. Kevorkian was arrested in 1999 for his involvement in a case of voluntary euthanasia. He was convicted of murder and served eight years in jail; he was released on June 1, 2007, but with a condition that he would not offer any advice nor associate himself with any type of suicide involving euthanasia. Jack was also an oil painter and a jazz musician. Since he supported a cause which was very controversial, he wrote, spoke and shared his views and thoughts on voluntary euthanasia. He spoke his mind about the issues close to his heart. We have curated his quotes and thoughts on several subjects from various sources. Here is our collection of Jack Kevorkian quotes and sayings.

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Dying is not a crime.

Dying is not a crime.

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

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

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

My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.

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

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

Jack Kevorkian

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.

Jack Kevorkian
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.

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
Everyone is going to die.

Everyone is going to die.

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

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

Jack Kevorkian

If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate self-determination, when you determine how and when you're going to die when you're suffering.

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

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

Jack Kevorkian
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.

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

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

Jack Kevorkian
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.

Jack Kevorkian
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.

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
I've seen schizophrenics who are so hopeless, you couldn't cheer them, and their lives are miserable and they end up as suicides. That's not right.

I've seen schizophrenics who are so hopeless, you couldn't cheer them, and their lives are miserable and they end up as suicides. That's not right.

Jack Kevorkian
How can you regret helping a suffering patient?

How can you regret helping a suffering patient?

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

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

Jack Kevorkian
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.

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.

Jack Kevorkian
I always said all my life if I wasn't born and they gave me the question I'd say I don't want to be born.

I always said all my life if I wasn't born and they gave me the question I'd say I don't want to be born.

Jack Kevorkian
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.

Jack Kevorkian
I have no regrets, none whatsoever.

I have no regrets, none whatsoever.

Jack Kevorkian
In quixotically trying to conquer death doctors all too frequently do no good for their patients' ease but at the same time they do harm instead by prolonging and even magnifying patients' dis-ease.

In quixotically trying to conquer death doctors all too frequently do no good for their patients' ease but at the same time they do harm instead by prolonging and even magnifying patients' dis-ease.

Jack Kevorkian
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.

Jack Kevorkian
I don't crave publicity, you know.

I don't crave publicity, you know.

Jack Kevorkian
The law doesn't create a right.

The law doesn't create a right.

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

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

Jack Kevorkian
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.

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

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

Jack Kevorkian
Many support what I am doing.

Many support what I am doing.

Jack Kevorkian
Liberty means more to me than life itself.

Liberty means more to me than life itself.

Jack Kevorkian