Jack Kevorkian Quotes on Law
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Dying is not a crime.
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My aim in helping the patient was not to cause death. My aim was to end suffering. It's got to be decriminalized.
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I will go to what they call a court. Only they call it a court.
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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.
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This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law.
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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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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.
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This could never be a crime in any society which deems itself enlightened.
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So let's talk just a little bit more about you specifically. You were on bond to another judge when you committed this offense, you were not licensed to practice medicine when you committed this offense and you hadn't been licensed for eight years. And you had the audacity to go on national television, show the world what you did and dare the legal system to stop you. Well, sir, consider yourself stopped.