Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.
I don't persuade to suicide.
I will go to what they call a court. Only they call it a court.
I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.
The law is cruel.
I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.
The law doesn't create a right.
You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
Fear controls you.
I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.
I think the Supreme Court does have the authority, which is not used, to declare a blanket right for all people, all adults.
The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.
I've seen schizophrenics who are so hopeless, you couldn't cheer them, and their lives are miserable and they end up as suicides. That's not right.
If Christ can die in a barn, I think the death of a human in a van is not so bad.
What I think a doctor should do is prevent disease, by any means necessary.