I hope someday what people can do with their lives depends on their talents and how hard they are willing to work, rather than on where they happen to be born.

As I look forward, I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahead.

AIDS itself is subject to incredible stigma.

I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. But many others were also in the same place. The difference was that I took action.

here are economies like China's economy where it's less than a tenth [of a percent] today, although it is growing, is quite small, because of the notion that the government takes care of everything, and Europe and China, philanthropy has not been nearly of the same scale.

If you were born poor, it's not your fault. But if you die poor it is.

I know that historically our foundation has had great relations with all the administrations.[Bill] Clinton administration did a lot of outreach. The greatest rise in U.S. foreign aid was under the [George] Bush administration, that's where we got the AIDS initiative, which is called PEPFAR.