“AIDS respects no national boundaries; spares no race or religion; devastates men and women, rich and poor. No country can ignore this crisis. Fighting AIDS is an urgent calling - because every life, in every land, has value and dignity.” MenCountryValuesFightingPoorRaceRichLandCallingMen And WomenDignityCrisisAidsBoundariesSparesUrgentRich And Poor Author:Laura Bush
“A true friend is distinguished in the crisis of hazard and necessity; when the gallantry of his aid may show the worth of his soul and the loyalty of his heart.” HeartMaySoulShowsFriendsCrisisAidsLoyaltyTrue FriendDistinguishedHazardsTrue Friend IsGallantry Author:Quintus Ennius
“I don't know if God exists and I don't care. God's will and design for this temporal and spatial vastness, if any, is so patently, deliberately impenetrable that I doubt any mortal has a grasp on it. The very inexplicability of sad events like the tsunami, like the AIDS crisis or even like the cancer death of the father of one of my daughter's 2nd-grade classmates last week are, to me, reminders to focus on our obligations to one another, not to the infinite; to honor the creator, if any, by honoring creation itself and hoping that's good enough.” IfsKnowsEnoughCareLastsFatherDoubtFocusWeekEventsDesignCreationHonorDaughterInfiniteCrisisCancerCreatorDon't CareAidsGods WillObligationMortalsI Don't CareGradesMy DaughterGood EnoughRemindersGod ExistsVastnessTsunamiClassmatesSpatialCancer Death Author:Eric Zorn
“The world economy, the world environment, the world AIDS crisis, the world arms race: they affect us all.” WorldRaceEconomyEnvironmentArmsCrisisAidsArms RaceWorld EconomyWorld Environment Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1993 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1993
“Despite all the dire predictions made in 2001, the Afghans have given the international community, its aid workers and soldiers a large window of opportunity to repair the damage done by 25 years of war. That window, which has stayed open for nearly five years, with amazing good will from the Afghans, is threatening to close unless the world wakes up and deals with the crisis.” WorldYearsMadeWarDoneOpportunityGivenCommunityDealsFiveWindowWake UpCrisisWorkersSoldierInternationalAidsDespiteDamageFive YearsPredictionsThreateningGood WillInternational CommunityWindow Of Opportunity Author:Ahmed Rashid
“I'm very proud that President [George W.] Bush took on AIDS relief. It was the largest single response by any country to a major international health crisis, and there are millions of people who are alive today in Africa and other developing countries because of that program.” PeopleCountryTodayPresidentMillionsAliveProudMajorsProgramCrisisResponseInternationalAidsDevelopingReliefLive For TodayDeveloping CountriesPresident George W Bush Author:Condoleezza Rice
“We're, as Carlos Petrini says, we're on a train and it's going off the edge of the cliff. We have to stop the track and get off. Now we're in a jungle. We don't know how we're going to get out but we'll find a way. I've always believed in people power. I saw it happen when we organized around the AIDS crisis... We made an AIDS quilt that covered the entire mall. Everybody had a part in it and we can do this.” PeopleCrisisTrainTrackAidsJungleAlways Believe Author:Alice Waters
“Like the effects of industrial pollution and the new system of global financial markets, the AIDS crisis is evidence of a world in which nothing important is regional, local, limited; in which everything that can circulate does, and every problem is, or is destined to become, worldwide.” WorldDoeImportantProblemJusticeEffectsDiversityEvidenceCrisisSocial JusticeFinancialAidsLocalsPollutionDestinedFinancial Markets Author:Susan Sontag
“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.” ThreeAchieveYouthSightCrisisDecadesAidsDiscriminationRelatedZeroHivInfection Author:Ban Ki-moon
“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.” NeedsGovernmentFightingDevelopmentCrisisThreatAidsHivHiv Aids Author:Kofi Annan
“The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity - between the healthy and the sick, between rich and poor, and above all, between richer and poorer nations. We have 30 million orphans already. How many more do we have to get, to wake up?” FightingNationsPoorMillionsRichParticularHealthySickWake UpCrisisResponseAidsSolidarityHivRich And PoorUnprecedentedOrphanEpidemicsHiv AidsAids Epidemic Author:Kofi Annan
“War and famine would not do. Instead, disease offered the most efficient and fastest way to kill the billions that must soon die if the population crisis is to be solved. AIDS is not an efficient killer because it is too slow. My favorite candidate for eliminating 90 percent of the world's population is airborne Ebola (Ebola Reston), because it is both highly lethal and it kills in days, instead of years. "We've got airborne diseases with 90 percent mortality in humans. Killing humans. Think about that. "You know, the bird flu's good, too. For everyone who survives, he will have to bury nine” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWayYearsHumansWarDiesDiseaseBirdPercentCrisisKillingMy FavoritePopulationAidsBillionsNineCandidatesMortalityEfficientKillersFluFamineEliminatingEbolaAirborneDepopulationBird Flu Author:Eric Pianka
“The first question is something immediate -- and immediately, we need humanitarian aid to be allowed into the Sudan before it becomes the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.” WorldNeedsFirstsWorstCrisisHumanitarianAidsSudanHumanitarian Aid Author:George Clooney
“If the federal government is truly serious about doing something with the AIDS virus, we need to take steps that would isolate the carriers of this plague.... It is difficult to understand the public policy towards AIDS. It is the first time in the history of civilization in which the carriers of a genuine plague have not been isolated from the general population, and in which this deadly disease for which there is no cure is being treated as a civil rights issue instead of the true health crisis it represents.” IfsNeedsFirstsGovernmentDifficultStepsIssuesRightsPolicySeriousCivilizationDiseaseFirst TimeCrisisPopulationAidsGenuineTreatedCivil RightsCuresIsolatedFederal GovernmentPlagueVirusesPublic PolicyCarrierDeadly Diseases Author:Mike Huckabee
“We must work to repeal trade agreements that impede access to affordable generic drugs. We must work to cause the IMF and the World Bank to reduce and eventually eliminate the debt that takes poor nations' resources away from crises like AIDS. We must focus America's leadership on addressing and ending this epidemic.” WorldAmericaNationsCausesPoorFocusDrugResourcesCrisisTradeDebtAidsAccessAgreementAffordableEpidemicsGenericTrade AgreementsImfWorld BankPoor Nations Author:Dennis Kucinich