Sargent Shriver's Quotes

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Christian virtues unite men. Racism separates 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.

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

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

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.

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

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.