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 Copy Share Image
“In quixotically trying to conquer death doctors all too frequently do no good for their patients’ “ease” but at the same time they do… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death. — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
I'm afraid of sudden death. I'd like to know I'm going to die. That's why death row wouldn't be so bad, although it's not pleasant. And cancer, inoperable, wouldn't be bad. That's not pleasant either. But to drop dead suddenly, it's hard on everybody else. My family, my relatives, my friends. It's just not a good way to go. I… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share
I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults. — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
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.… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
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,… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
The American Medical Association says the humane way is to let people starve and thirst to death. If you did that to an animal,… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that. — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
