Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

It is well to be prepared for life as it is, but it is better to be prepared to make life better than it is.

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

It wouldn't kill me if I were never nominated or elected to anything.

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

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.

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities.

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

One of the things Mr. Kennedy taught me was that in laying out a new project, you shouldn't try to cope with every little problem.

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices.

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down.

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

He who knows all things and believes nothing is damned.

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

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.

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

I hate goofballs.

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

Christian virtues unite men. Racism separates them.

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant.

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

Does politics have to be injected into everything?

Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver

I can remember at college, living on 30-cent meals.