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Sargent Shriver quotes: My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities.

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

Sargent Shriver quotes: 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 have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture in the newspapers and without being interviewed.

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

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

Sargent Shriver quotes: 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.

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

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

Sargent Shriver quotes: 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.

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

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

Sargent Shriver quotes: Serve, serve, serve. Because in the end, it will be the servants who save us all.

Serve, serve, serve. Because in the end, it will be the servants who save us all.

Sargent Shriver quotes: Does politics have to be injected into everything?

Does politics have to be injected into everything?

Sargent Shriver quotes: My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.

My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.

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

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

Sargent Shriver quotes: Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration.

Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration.

Sargent Shriver quotes: Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down.

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

Sargent Shriver quotes: Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.

Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.

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

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

Sargent Shriver quotes: When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.

When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.

Sargent Shriver quotes: I hate goofballs.

I hate goofballs.

Sargent Shriver quotes: There is an alternative to war. It has been with us forever.

There is an alternative to war. It has been with us forever.

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

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

Sargent Shriver quotes: We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease.

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

Sargent Shriver quotes: It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can.

It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can.

Sargent Shriver quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Sargent Shriver quotes: I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team.

I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team.

Sargent Shriver quotes: It is not what you get out of life that counts. It's what you give and what is given from the heart.

It is not what you get out of life that counts. It's what you give and what is given from the heart.

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

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

Sargent Shriver quotes: I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system.

I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system.

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

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

Sargent Shriver quotes: Peace requires the simple but powerful recognition that what we have in common as human beings is more important and crucial than what divides us.

Peace requires the simple but powerful recognition that what we have in common as human beings is more important and crucial than what divides us.

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

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

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

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

Sargent Shriver quotes: I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.

I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.

Sargent Shriver quotes: I can remember at college, living on 30-cent meals.

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

Sargent Shriver quotes: He who knows all things and believes nothing is damned.

He who knows all things and believes nothing is damned.

Sargent Shriver quotes: 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.

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.

Sargent Shriver quotes: 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 Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.

Sargent Shriver quotes: The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin.

The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin.