Jack Kevorkian

"I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us."

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

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

"As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified."

"There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows Im not a criminal. The parole board knows Im not a criminal. The judge knows Im not a criminal."

"My religion centers in different areas than whats considered conventional religion."

"All the big powers...theyve silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right."

"Youre basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It wont work. Thats why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. Theyre all religious problems."

"The American people are sheep. Theyre comfortable, rich, working. Its like the Romans, theyre happy with bread and their spectator sports. The Super Bowl means more to them than any right."

"Its the boredom that kills you. You read until youre tired of that. You do crossword puzzles until youre tired of that. This is torture. This is mental torture."

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

"When history looks back, it will prove what Ill die knowing."