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
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 most important thing that I know about living is love. Nothing surpasses the benefits received by a human being who makes compassion and love the objective of his or her life. For it is only by compassion and love that anyone fulfills successfully their own life’s journey. Nothing equals love.
It is not what you get out of life that counts. It's what you give and what is given from the heart.
Does politics have to be injected into everything?
The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.
Serve, serve, serve. Because in the end, it will be the servants who save us all.
I believe strongly in the Constitutional principle of separating church and state. Our founders were right in fearing that religious freedom would be threatened in the long run by a departure from governmental neutrality in spiritual matters.
Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and exciting.
Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices.
Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.
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.
Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration.
I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system.