“It’s easy to forget the moral judgment and indifference that HIV-infected men and women experienced thirty years ago, and felt that the entire straight world turned its back and heaved a collective shrug of indifference…AIDS was a disease that demanded a medical, not a moral, response.”
“There’s a beautiful word out there, which transcends all languages and cultures. This word stands for something so compelling and powerful that it might be the only thing strong enough to save our world from greed and destruction….This word, ladies and gentlemen, is compassion.”