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
I can remember at college, living on 30-cent meals.
If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.
A line has to be drawn somewhere between what is essential and what is peripheral.
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.
I don't have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture in the newspapers and without being interviewed.
I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.
It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant.