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
Sargent Shriver quotes about
Peace requires the simple but powerful recognition that what we have in common as human beings is more important and crucial than what divides us.
The Peace Corps represents some, if not all, of the best virtues in this society. It stands for everything that America has ever stood for. It stands for everything we believe in and hope to achieve in the world.
He who knows all things and believes nothing is damned.
Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.
There is an alternative to war. It has been with us forever.
The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin.
It wouldn't kill me if I were never nominated or elected to anything.
We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease.