If he is convicted, Dr. Kevorkian says he will die a martyr's death by going on a hunger strike.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A martyr can never cooperate with death, go to death in a way that they're not trying to escape.
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death.
He who is obsessed by death is made guilty by it.
They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out. It depends on your culture, where you work, where you live. Each person's circumstances are unique.
The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage.
Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.