Quotes by Sargent Shriver

About 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 United States Ambassador to France.
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If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.

Sargent Shriver

A line has to be drawn somewhere between what is essential and what is peripheral.

Sargent Shriver

Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down.

Sargent Shriver

He who knows all things and believes nothing is damned.

Sargent Shriver

I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team.

Sargent Shriver

My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities.

Sargent Shriver

Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices.

Sargent Shriver

Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.

Sargent Shriver

I can remember at college, living on 30-cent meals.

Sargent Shriver

It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant.

Sargent Shriver

The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should.

Sargent Shriver

I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.

Sargent Shriver

I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system.

Sargent Shriver

It wouldn't kill me if I were never nominated or elected to anything.

Sargent Shriver

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.

Sargent Shriver

One of the things Mr. Kennedy taught me was that in laying out a new project, you shouldn't try to cope with every little problem.

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We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease.

Sargent Shriver

The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.

Sargent Shriver

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?

Sargent Shriver

Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.

Sargent Shriver

Author Bio

  • NameSargent Shriver
  • DescriptionRobert Sargent Shriver, Jr.
  • BornNovember 9, 1915
  • DiedJanuary 18, 2011
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionOfficer; Lawyer; Diplomat; Ambassador; Politician
  • AwardsGrand Gold Decoration Of Styria; Purple Heart; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Four Freedoms Award - Freedom From Want; Pacem In Terris Award