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Today is World AIDS Day and we’re marking the awareness with the ten best, inspirational quotes regarding the pandemic.
World AIDS Day is one of the eight official global public health campaigns marked by WHO (World Health Organization). It was made official in 1988 and stands to raise awareness, and mourn those who lost their lives from the disease.
Check out the inspirational quotes below and stand up for the cause.
“It is bad enough that people are dying of Aids, but no one should die of ignorance.”
– Elizabeth Taylor
“HIV AIDS is a disease with stigma. And we have learned with experience, not just with HIV AIDS but with other diseases, countries for many reasons are sometimes hesitant to admit they have a problem.”
– Margaret Chan
“HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.”
– Princess Diana
“I lost relatives to Aids, a couple of my closest cousins. I lost friends to Aids, high-school friends who never even made it to their 21st birthdays in the ’80s. When it’s that close to you, you can’t really deny it, and you can’t run from it.”
– Queen Latifa
“You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.”
– Magic Johnson
“Stigma hurts. Because of Aids, children are bullied, isolated and shut out of school. They are missing out on education. They are missing out on medicines. Children are missing your love, care and protection. Join me. And become a stigma buster. UNITE FOR CHILDREN, UNITE AGAINST AIDS.”
– Jackie Chan
“Give a child love, laughter and peace, not Aids.”
– Nelson Mandela
“AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don’t give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself.”
– Ryan White
“AIDS itself is subject to incredible stigma.”
– Bill Gates
“Some countries that I go to are still trying to deny that it’s happening. In India, 2.1 million people are living with HIV AIDS. India manufactures most of the drugs that are used to cure HIV around the world, which is an amazing, amazing fact that most people don’t know.”
– Sharon Stone
