"You remember those words of Patrick Henry? We learn them, and to me they're just words, until you get into a situation where you're going to lose your liberty. Then you see how valuable liberty is. First of all, in a civilized society, this could never be a crime. You may pass a law that says it is, but it can't be a crime."

Rating:

  rate this quote
Topic: none  help us select a topic for this quote

More quotes from: Jack Kevorkian

• "A transfer of money should never be involved in this profound situation. Although illness is ..."
• "All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on ..."
• "Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying ..."
• "Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing. "
• "As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much ..."
• "During the break, look up your case during the break. Look up your case. Prove ..."
• "First of all, do any of you here think it's a crime to help a ..."
• "Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares. "
• "Frst, there's no incentive for the doctor to do more than he has to do. ..."
• "Given enough time, you see if there's any retrogression of the process or any progression ..."
• "I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for ..."
• "I don't enjoy good food. I don't enjoy flashy cars. I don't care if I ..."
• "I don't persuade to suicide. "
• "I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for ..."
• "I live cheap, right. "
• "I think most people would pick sudden heart attac,k and in sleep. We assume that's ..."
• "I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there ..."
• "I will go to what they call a court. Only they call it a court. "
• "I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets. "
• "I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. ..."
• "It's the boredom that kills you. You read until you're tired of that. You do ..."

• "Just like everything else, you let any doctor do it, and some are going to ..."
• "Let's hope you feel better now. "
• "Listen, when you take my liberty away, you've taken away more-something more precious than life. ..."
• "Look at the forces against me. They don't want me out. They're afraid I'll cause ..."
• "Mandela didn't stay out of prison, neither did Martin Luther King! What's the difference? Were ..."
• "Maybe I won't stay out of prison. Who knows? "
• "My intent was to carry out my duty as a doctor, to end their suffering. ..."
• "My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion. "
• "None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them. "
• "Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this ..."
• "Prove it! Cite a case on common law of assisted suicide prosecution. Cite it! "
• "Religion is an internal spiritual world, and I have my own, with my god, Johann ..."
• "Rotten travesty. Yeah. Send me to jail for contempt. Try that. Go ahead. "
• "She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge ..."
• "The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy ..."
• "The patient decides when it's best to go. "
• "The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - ..."
• "The reason I'm doing it in a fashion that's not entirely acceptable to everybody is ..."
• "The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... ..."
• "There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows ..."

• "There's no doubt I expect to die in prison. "
• "They take away their feeding and water when they're in coma and let them die. ..."
• "They've inhibited-taken my license away. They suspended it, made it tough for me to get ..."
• "This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law. "
• "We're... letting them starve and thirst to death in-in hospitals. The Germans did that in ..."
• "What are friends? Some people are nice. Some people aren't. There are some I'm fairly ..."
• "What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile. "
• "When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing. "
• "When you say a person should be allowed to die, inject them quickly and painlessly, ..."
• "You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care. "
• "You have no right bargaining to get organs from condemned men. If you execute men ..."
• "You might say I'm a philosophic nut, or a nutty philosopher. It doesn't matter. Words ..."
• "You work with doctors and families, and medical colleagues, and all the people involved in ..."
• "You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't ..."