Sargent Shriver
Sargent Shriver
Robert Sargent "Sarge" Shriver Jr.was an American politician and activist. As the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family, serving in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, founded the Job Corps, Head Start and other programs as the "architect" of Johnson's "War on Poverty" and served as the U.S. Ambassador to France...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 November 1915
CountryUnited States of America
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It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can.
My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities.
I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system.
The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should.
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.
But as a philosopher said, one day after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, after all the scientific and technological achievements, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration.
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.
My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.
Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.
When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.
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?
I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.
Shatter the glass. In our society that is so self-absorbed, begin to look less at yourself and more at each other. Learn more about the face of your neighbor and less about your own.