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" It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant. "
Sargent Shriver
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" Christian virtues unite men. Racism separates them. "
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" 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. "
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Project
Try
You
" There is an alternative to war. It has been with us forever. "
Sargent Shriver
War
Forever
Alternative
" If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society. "
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Life
Best
Education
" 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. "
Sargent Shriver
Us
Want
Draft
" Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education. "
Sargent Shriver
Housing
Results
Racism
" 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? "
Sargent Shriver
Sacrifice
Work
Health
" Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down. "
Sargent Shriver
Live
Enthusiasm
Down
" The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it. "
Sargent Shriver
Spirit
Guilty
Enthusiasm
" When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa. "
Sargent Shriver
People
System
Economic
" Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight. "
Sargent Shriver
World
Peace
Change The World
" Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later. "
Sargent Shriver
Worry
About
Job
" The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should. "
Sargent Shriver
Many
Alas
Always
" 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
Peace
See
World
" I can remember at college, living on 30-cent meals. "
Sargent Shriver
I Can
Living
Meals
" It wouldn't kill me if I were never nominated or elected to anything. "
Sargent Shriver
Anything
Me
Elected
" 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
Well
Than
Better
" 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. "
Sargent Shriver
Who
Persecution
Because
" I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system. "
Sargent Shriver
Goals
System
Helpful
" We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease. "
Sargent Shriver
Understand
Racism
Must
" 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
Escape
Problems
Volunteer
" I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team. "
Sargent Shriver
Never
Fox
Baseball
" Does politics have to be injected into everything? "
Sargent Shriver
Politics
Everything
Does
" 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
Run
Peace
Seeing
" 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
Months
Ability
Habit
" 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
Rational
Respect
Man
" He who knows all things and believes nothing is damned. "
Sargent Shriver
Who
Nothing
Things
" It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can. "
Sargent Shriver
Speak
Truth
Our
" Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices. "
Sargent Shriver
Racists
Illogical
Irrational
" I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs. "
Sargent Shriver
Community
Determined
Needs