If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college.

Quote by Sargent Shriver

Topics: Sargent Shriver Quotes

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

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

I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball...

I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball...

In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must...

In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must...

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

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

The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first...

The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first...

When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system...

When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system...

Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination...

Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination...

I don't have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture...

I don't have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture...

Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.

Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.

If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are...

If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are...

I hate goofballs.

I hate goofballs.

I want to warn anyone who sees the Peace Corps as an alternative to the...

I want to warn anyone who sees the Peace Corps as an alternative to the...

Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason...

Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason...

Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and...

Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and...

Joe Kennedy isn't in the habit of having incompetents around. I wouldn't have lasted three...

Joe Kennedy isn't in the habit of having incompetents around. I wouldn't have lasted three...

It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely...

It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely...

The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their...

The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their...

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

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

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some...

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some...

Does politics have to be injected into everything?

Does politics have to be injected into everything?