Jack Kevorkian
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Jack Kevorkian
Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian was an American pathologist, euthanasia activist, painter, author, composer, and instrumentalist. He is best known for publicly championing a terminal patient's right to die via physician-assisted suicide; he claimed to have assisted at least 130 patients to that end. He was often portrayed in the media with the biased name of "Dr. Death"; however, many consider him a hero, as he helped set the platform for reform. He famously said, "Dying is not a crime"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDoctor
Date of Birth26 May 1928
CityPontiac, MI
CountryUnited States of America
Jack Kevorkian quotes about
I am not a sentimental person.
I don't crave publicity, you know.
When you have nothing left to burn, you must set yourself on fire.
I don't persuade to suicide.
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.
I always said all my life if I wasn't born and they gave me the question I'd say I don't want to be born.
Listen, when you take my liberty away, you've taken away more-something more precious than life. I mean, what good is a life without liberty? Huh? None.
All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right.
Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.