My intent was to carry out my duty as a doctor, to end their suffering. Unfortunately, that entailed, in their cases, ending of the life.

I would not want to live with a tube in my neck and not be able to move a finger. I wouldn't - that to me is not life.

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

As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.

Maybe I won't stay out of prison. Who knows?

Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.

You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't work. That's why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. They're all religious problems.