Quotes By Jack Kevorkian

I'm not lying to myself like most people.

If Christ can die in a barn, I think the death of a human in a van is not so bad.

Many support what I am doing.

What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.

Maybe I won't stay out of prison. Who knows?

I knew I was getting into one of the most illegal things in the world. It was the right thing to do.

I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.

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

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

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

There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.

I'm not the kind of guy who has best friends.

We are all terminal.

Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.

How can you regret helping a suffering patient?

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

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

I am not a sentimental person.

None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.

A transfer of money should never be involved in this profound situation. Although illness is profound, too, but medicine's a business today. It's a business.

I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.

Let's hope you feel better now.

You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.

Fear controls you.

Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.

I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish?

The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.

I'm not a romantic.

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, but they didn't suffer as much.

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.