You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It would not 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.- Jack Kevorkian
You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I do not care.
When your conscience says law is immoral, do not follow it.
When history looks back, it will prove what I will die knowing.
What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
What are friends? Some people are nice. Some people aren't. There are some I am fairly close with... we talk.
This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law.
There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.
There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows I am not a criminal. The parole board knows I am not a criminal. The judge knows I am not a criminal.
The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.
The patient decides when it's best to go.
The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy with bread and their spectator sports. The Super Bowl means more to them than any right.
She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
Rotten travesty. Yeah. Send me to jail for contempt. Try that. Go ahead.
