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
It wouldn't kill me if I were never nominated or elected to anything.
There is an alternative to war. It has been with us forever.
Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.
The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.
Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down.
The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin.
I don't have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture in the newspapers and without being interviewed.
I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team.
If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college.
A line has to be drawn somewhere between what is essential and what is peripheral.
Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.
Christian virtues unite men. Racism separates them.
He who knows all things and believes nothing is damned.
I can remember at college, living on 30-cent meals.