Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees. – Ryan White
We had great faith that with patience, understanding, and education, that my family and I could be helpful in changing their minds and attitudes around. – Ryan White
I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. – Ryan White
AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Dont give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself. – Ryan White
Haiti is always talking about decentralization and nothing has been so obvious, perhaps a weakness, as the centralized nature of Haitian society as being revealed by the earthquake. I mean, they lost all these medical training programs because they didnt have them anywhere else. – Paul Farmer
With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in man, than any other association of men. – Clarence Darrow