Jack Kevorkian

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

— 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.

— Jack Kevorkian

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

— 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.

— Jack Kevorkian

The patient decides when it's best to go.

— Jack Kevorkian

I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.

— Jack Kevorkian

You're going to watch a person suffer in agony while somebody's debating?

— Jack Kevorkian

This is a medical service. It always was.

— Jack Kevorkian

This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law.

— 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

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 Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death!

— 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.

— Jack Kevorkian

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

— Jack Kevorkian

You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't work. That's why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. They're all religious problems.

— Jack Kevorkian

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

— Jack Kevorkian

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.

— Jack Kevorkian

All the big powers...they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right.

— Jack Kevorkian

It's the boredom that kills you. You read until you're tired of that. You do crossword puzzles until you're tired of that. This is torture. This is mental torture.

— Jack Kevorkian

The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy with bread and their spectator sports. The Super Bowl means more to them than any right.

— Jack Kevorkian

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.

— Jack Kevorkian

When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.

— Jack Kevorkian

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

— Jack Kevorkian

My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.

— Jack Kevorkian

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.

— Jack Kevorkian

We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington.

— Jack Kevorkian

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

— Jack Kevorkian

I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.

— Jack Kevorkian