Michael Schiavo Quotes

#1. People make these comments all the time. They talk about this with their loved ones every day. People's feedings - tube feedings - are stopped across this country every day.

Michael Schiavo

#2. I moved on with my life but I still have a big commitment to Terri. I made her a promise.

Michael Schiavo

#3. I believe in the vows that I took with my wife. Through sickness, in health, for richer or poorer.

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#4. And they talk about their bona fide doctors. They have a list of doctors that signed affidavits from looking at a picture of Terry. That's where they get their information from, by looking at a picture.

Michael Schiavo

#5. What kind of government is this? This is a human being. This is not right, and I'm telling everybody you better call your congressman, because they're going to run your life.

Michael Schiavo

#6. Make a living will. Talk about it. Death is going to happen to everybody. Write it down. Even if you write it on a piece of paper at home and have your family witness it, you need to write it down.

Michael Schiavo

#7. You know, my parents, they raised me to be a fighter.

Michael Schiavo

#8. And then they sign an affidavit swearing that she's not in a vegetative stage. I'll tell you. That's a doctor you really want; they can look at a picture and make a diagnosis.

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#9. She didn't leave any written instructions. She has verbally expressed her wishes to me and other people.

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#10. The reason why I've been keeping private for the longest time ever here, I've always wanted to protect my wife's privacy. I don't like - I didn't want to put her picture all over the news. I just wanted to keep her private.

Michael Schiavo

#11. What they're doing is, they're making the decisions for us. That's what this country is coming down to. They're going to make the decisions for us.

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#12. It's not about the money. This is about Terri. It's not about the Schindlers, it's not about the legislators, it's not about me, it's about what Terri Schiavo wanted.

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#13. I married my wife because I love her and I want to spend the rest of my life with her.

Michael Schiavo