A biography for Jack Kevorkianhasn’t been written yet.
“I can paint in jail.”
“The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.”
“I have no regrets, none whatsoever.”
“What are friends? Some people are nice. Some people aren't. There are some I'm fairly close with... we talk.”
“Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.”
“I will go to what they call a court. Only they call it a court.”
“When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.”
“What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.”
“I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.”
“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 am not a sentimental person.”
“The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.”
“Everyone is going to die.”
“Rotten travesty. Yeah. Send me to jail for contempt. Try that. Go ahead.”
“I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish?”
“Liberty means more to me than life itself.”
“If Christ can die in a barn, I think the death of a human in a van is not so bad.”
“You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.”
“None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.”