139 Quotes by Jack Kevorkian

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

This (...) had made me aware for the first time of the well-disguised myth that they and the academic institutions they represent are bastions of a free exchange of ideas. They are -but only of those ideas that don't 'rock the boat', that refrain from challenging hallowed taboos.

the single worst moment of my life, was the moment I was born

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 prolonguing and even magnifying patients’ dis-ease.

Dying is not a crime.

I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.

Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.

Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.

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