Quotes from Sargent Shriver

The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.

Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.

Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.

Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being.

I don't have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture in the newspapers and without being interviewed.

The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity.

Does politics have to be injected into everything?

In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape problems.

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.

If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.

I want to warn anyone who sees the Peace Corps as an alternative to the draft that life may well be easier at Fort Dix or at apost in Germany than it will be with us.

Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?

If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college.

Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.

Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?

Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being.

Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and exciting.

We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease.

The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should.

Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.

Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.

A line has to be drawn somewhere between what is essential and what is peripheral.

Joe Kennedy isn't in the habit of having incompetents around. I wouldn't have lasted three months if I didn't have some ability.

The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.