The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country’s immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.
—Barbra Streisand (b.1942) American Musician, Actor, Songwriter
High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.
—Tryon Edwards American Theologian
Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself.
—Joel Hawes (1789–1867) American Clergyman
AIDS occupies such a large part in our awareness because of what it has been taken to represent. It seems the very model of all the catastrophes privileged populations feel await them.
—Susan Sontag (1933–2004) American Writer, Philosopher
From the point of view of the pharmaceutical industry, the AIDS problem has already been solved. After all, we already have a drug which can be sold at the incredible price of $8,000 an annual dose, and which has the added virtue of not diminishing the market by actually curing anyone.
—Barbara Ehrenreich (1941–2022) American Social Critic, Essayist
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