I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.
I don't have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture in the newspapers and without being interviewed.
I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system.
I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team.
If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college.
It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can.
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.
Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and exciting.
My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.
Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.
The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should.
The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity.
The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.
The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin.
There is an alternative to war. It has been with us forever.
We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease.
When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.
Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration.
Jews have suffered persecution from misguided Christians who tortured the Jews for their part in killing Christ. These Christians forgot that Christ died because of the sins of all men.
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.
