Quotes By Jack Kevorkian

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

Liberty means more to me than life itself.

I've seen schizophrenics who are so hopeless, you couldn't cheer them, and their lives are miserable and they end up as suicides. That's not right.

What I think a doctor should do is prevent disease, by any means necessary.

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

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

The law doesn't create a right.

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.

The patient decides when it's best to go.

I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.

I don't enjoy good food. I don't enjoy flashy cars. I don't care if I live in a dump. I don't enjoy good clothes. This is the best I've dressed in months.

What are friends? Some people are nice. Some people aren't. There are some I'm fairly close with... we talk.

You've gotta know what death is to know life!

Everyone is going to die.

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.