Quotes By Sargent Shriver

Christian virtues unite men. Racism separates them.

Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Does politics have to be injected into everything?

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I don't have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture in the newspapers and without being interviewed.

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.

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.

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

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

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

I hate goofballs.

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.

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

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

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

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

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