Jacob „Jack“ Kevorkian byl americký lékař, patolog a propagátor eutanazie. Byl známý též jako „doktor Smrt“.
Tvrdil, že asistoval minimálně u 130 eutanazií pacientů umírajících na smrtelné choroby. Je autorem pojednání „Dying is not a crime” . Propagoval uzákonění práva pacientů na asistovanou smrt z rukou lékaře. Pro své pacienty sestrojil přístroj na sebevraždu. Za svou činnost byl odmítán i oslavován. Byl několikrát obžalován z vraždy, několikrát byl osvobozen, ale v posledním procesu byl odsouzen. Ve vězení strávil 8 let. Propuštěn byl ze zdravotních důvodů pod podmínkou, že nebude poskytovat poradenství nebo se jinak podílet na jakékoliv sebevraždě, včetně eutanazie, a nebude toto téma ani nijak propagovat.
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“This could never be a crime in any society which deems itself enlightened.”
Quoted in "Between the dying and the dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's life and the battle to Legalize Euthanasia" - Page 16 - by Neal Nicol, Harry Wylie - 2006
2000s, 2006
Quoted in "Between the dying and the dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's life and the battle to Legalize Euthanasia" - Page 247 - by Neal Nicol, Harry Wylie - 2006
2000s, 2006
Quoted in "Between the dying and the dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's life and the battle to Legalize Euthanasia" - Page 247 - by Neal Nicol, Harry Wylie - 2006
2000s, 2006
“This is not a trial. This is a lynching. There is no law.”
Quoted in "The Michigan Alumnus" - Page 28 - by University of Michigan Alumni Association - 1996
1990s, 1996
“When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.”
Quoted in "Between the dying and the dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's life and the battle to Legalize Euthanasia" - Page 247 - by Neal Nicol, Harry Wylie - 2006
2000s, 2006
2000s, 2009, Interview with Neil Cavuto (2009)
Quoted in "Between the dying and the dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's life and the battle to Legalize Euthanasia" - Page 247 - by Neal Nicol, Harry Wylie - 2006
2000s, 2006
“You're going to watch a person suffer in agony while somebody's debating?”
Quoted in "Physician-assisted death" - Page 100 - by James M. Humber, Robert F. Almeder, Gregg A. Kasting - 1994
1990s, 1994
“This is a medical service. It always was.”
Quoted in "Physician-assisted death" - Page 100 - by James M. Humber, Robert F. Almeder, Gregg A. Kasting - 1994
1990s, 1994
Quoted in "Years of Minutes" - Page 329 - by Andy Rooney - 2004
2000s, 2004
Quoted in "Jail: An Inmates Survival Guide" - Page 24 - by Panama Publishing, Inc. - 2007
2000s, 2007
“When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.”
Quoted in "Words of Wisdom" - by Mick Farren - Philosophy - 2004 - Page 122
2000s, 2004
Quoted in "Years of Minutes" - Page 332 - by Andy Rooney - 2004
2000s, 2004
Quoted in "Years of Minutes" - Page 339 - by Andy Rooney - 2004
2000s, 2004
“My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion.”
Quoted in "Years of Minutes" - Page 331 - by Andy Rooney - 2004
2000s, 2004
Quoted in "Between the dying and the dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's life and the battle to Legalize Euthanasia" - Page 247 - by Neal Nicol, Harry Wylie - 2006
2000s, 2006
Quoted in "Between the dying and the dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's life and the battle to Legalize Euthanasia" - Page 247 - by Neal Nicol, Harry Wylie - 2006
2000s, 2006
“We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington.”
As quoted in "Kevorkian Plans Congressional Run" (13 March 2008), Fox News
2000s, 2008
Quoted in "Years of Minutes" - by Andy Rooney - 2004
2000s, 2004
As quoted in Introducing Christian Ethics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4051-5276-1 (2010), by Samuel Wells and Ben Quash, John Wiley and Sons, p. 329
