Hiv quotes
107 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Perhaps more than any other disease before or since, syphilis in early modern Europe provoked the kind of widespread moral panic that AIDS revived when it struck America in the 1980s."
"Let us give publicity to HIV/AIDS and not hide it, because [that is] the only way to make it appear like a normal illness"
"If we ever hope to rid the world of the political AIDS of our time, terrorism, the rule must be clear: One does not deal with terrorists; one does not bargain with terrorists; one kills terrorists."
"I get tested for HIV twice a year.... One has to be socially aware. It's part of being a decent human to be tested for STDs. It's just disgusting behaviour when people don't. It's so irresponsible."
"In 1984, my mom gave birth to my older sister, Teresa. Due to a complicated delivery, she needed a blood transfusion, and at that moment, my mom had HIV+ blood put into her body."
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"The music aids the message, it's there to punctuate and abbreviate and shape the silence"
"The trouble is it's very difficult to pin-point the most important thing because Aids affects everyone in different levels of society, differently and you have to respond to it differently."
"HIV/AIDS has become much more than a health issue. HIV/AIDS is a development issue, it's a security issue."
"I don't think President Bush is doing anything at all about Aids. In fact, I'm not sure he even knows how to spell Aids."
"Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more people who are affected by HIV and AIDS."
"The fight against HIV/AIDS requires leadership from all parts of government - and it needs to go right to the top. AIDS is far more than a health crisis. It is a threat to development itself."
"Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status."
"Three decades into this crisis, let us set our sights on achieving the "three zeros" zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths."
