Euthanasia Quotes

107 quotes by 72 authors

To go on vegetating in cowardly dependence on physicians and machinations, after the meaning of life, the right to life, has been lost, that ought… — Friedrich Nietzsche
One never perishes through anybody but oneself. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is not in our hands to prevent our birth; but we can correct this mistake - for in some cases it is a mistake. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Euthanasia is a long, smooth-sounding word, and it conceals its danger as long, smooth words do, but the danger is there, nevertheless. — Pearl S. Buck
O, let him pass. He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer. — William Shakespeare
We have received a dog with serious eye problems and a skin disease in hopeless stage. The person who brought it here demanded we cure… — Min Zhou
In legal parlance, that is called 'the rational person test,' ... That's where somebody else says, 'Even though we have no idea what this person… — Richard John Neuhaus
I'm sorry to see that again we are turning to the courts for decisions that concern ethics. I think theologians and ethicists would better guide… — Susan P. Crawford
The right to die can easily become the duty to die. — Peter Saunders
Laws which authorize and promote abortion and euthanasia are therefore radically opposed not only to the good of the individual but also to the common… — Pope John Paul II
The legal toleration of abortion or of euthanasia can in no way claim to be based on respect for the conscience of others, precisely because… — Pope John Paul II
Taking into account these distinctions, in harmony with the Magisterium of my Predecessors[81] and in communion with the Bishops of the Catholic Church, I confirm… — Pope John Paul II
The choice of euthanasia becomes more serious when it takes the form of a murder committed by others on a person who has in no… — Pope John Paul II
I believe that decisions about the timing and manner of death belong to the individual as a human right. I believe it is wrong to… — A.C. Grayling
We are disappointed at the decision. The president remains fully committed to building a culture of life ... that is built on valuing life at… — Scott McClellan
The right to a good death is a basic human freedom. The [2006-JAN] Supreme Court's decision to uphold aid in dying allows us to view… — John Shelby Spong
Where there are few people, and a great quantity of fertile land, the power of the earth to afford a yearly increase of food may… — Thomas Malthus
The redundant population, necessarily occasioned by the prevalence of early marriages, must be repressed by occasional famines, and by the custom of exposing children, which,… — Thomas Malthus
No state has hitherto existed (at least that we have any account of) ... that no check whatever has existed to early marriages, among the… — Thomas Malthus
The moment we face it frankly we are driven to the conclusion that the community has a right to put a price on the right… — George Bernard Shaw

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