"The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we’re not apologetic about it."
― Sargent Shriver
Topic(s):
Government
More From 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."
- "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?"
- "The roots of racism lie deep in man’s nature, wounded and bruised by original sin."
More In Government
- "Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor."― James Russell Lowell
- "A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government."― Al Gore
- "I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn’t possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There’s a relationship to government about knights."― Harold Pinter