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Mechai Viravaidya

Mechai Viravaidya (born 17 January 1941, Thai: มีชัย วีระไวทยะ; RTGS: Michai Wirawaithaya) is a former politician and activist in Thailand who promoted condoms, family planning and AIDS awareness in Thailand. Since the 1970s, Mechai has been affectionately known as "Mr. Condom", and condoms are often referred as "mechais" in Thailand. From the time that he began his work, the average number of children in Thai families has decreased from 7 to 1.5.

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We really owe a great deal to the rubber tree.

Deals, Owe, Rubber, Tree

Most people don't want to work in commercial sex. They have little choice.

Choice, Choices, Commercial, People, Sex

AIDS is still around. Therefore, you have to practice safe sex.

Aids, Practice, Safe, Sex

Take No as a question.

Creativity, Innovation, Question, Take

What could I do with $1 million? What can I do with the satisfaction that I perhaps today helped somebody to have a better life. That's real reward. The million dollars, nothing.

Dollars, Helped, Perhaps, Real, Rewards

I left the government because I saw the only way to get family planning moving, was to do it outside the government. I was never disillusioned with government.

Disillusioned, Family, Government, Moving, Way

People were having sex before I was born. My parents had sex before I was born, nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to stop sex. I'm trying to stop people from dying from sex.

Having, Nothing, Parent, People, Sex

The condom has saved so many lives and it'll save so many more lives. We really owe a great deal to the rubber tree.

Condom, Deal, Lives, Rubber, Tree

People like to have fun and they like to laugh. And when you laugh, it's much easier to convince people and they laugh with you, rather than being angry. And I think laughter's always nice and I've always liked it.

Convince, Fun, Laugh, Laughter, Nice

We're the ones causing global warming. In fact, what we ought to be saying is population growth is a major cause of it, so I hope to have a T-shirt out very, very soon: Stop global warming, use condoms.

Growth, Population, Use, Warming