A transfer of money should never be involved in this profound situation. Although illness is profound, too, but medicine's a business today. It's a business.

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The patient decides when it's best to go.

The patient decides when it's best to go.

Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying...

Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying...

What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.

What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.

You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't...

You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't...

I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there...

I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there...

I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.

I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.

As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much...

As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much...

First of all, do any of you here think it's a crime to help a...

First of all, do any of you here think it's a crime to help a...

I don't persuade to suicide.

I don't persuade to suicide.

I will go to what they call a court. Only they call it a court.

I will go to what they call a court. Only they call it a court.

She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge...

She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge...

Listen, when you take my liberty away, you've taken away more-something more precious than life....

Listen, when you take my liberty away, you've taken away more-something more precious than life....

Rotten travesty. Yeah. Send me to jail for contempt. Try that. Go ahead.

Rotten travesty. Yeah. Send me to jail for contempt. Try that. Go ahead.

The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in......

The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in......

It's the boredom that kills you. You read until you're tired of that. You do...

It's the boredom that kills you. You read until you're tired of that. You do...

Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this...

Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this...

The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary -...

The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary -...

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

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

None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.

None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.

The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy...

The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy...