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Quotes from Between the Dying and the Dead — Jack Kevorkian

1928–2011 United States

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7 quotes

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.

Between the Dying and the Dead (2006)

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

Between the Dying and the Dead (2006)

When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.

Between the Dying and the Dead (2006)

All the big powers...they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right.

Between the Dying and the Dead (2006)

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.

Between the Dying and the Dead (2006)

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.

Between the Dying and the Dead (2006)

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.

Between the Dying and the Dead (2006)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jack Kevorkian (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.