Sargent Shriver Quotes - Page 2

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• My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.

  Sargent Shriver

  Struggle, Pregnancy, Hard Work

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

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  Prejudice, Racist, Irrational

  Sargent Shriver (1964). “Point of the lance”

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• Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration.

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  Frustration, Land, Two

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• When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.

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  People, Vices, Economic

  "Sargent Shriver: A Candid Portrait". Book by Robert A. Liston (p. 29), 1964.

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• 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.

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  Education, College, Wind

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• I want to warn anyone who sees the Peace Corps as an alternative to the draft that life may well be easier at Fort Dix or at apost in Germany than it will be with us.

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  Peace, Germany, Alternatives

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

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  Educational, School, Thinking

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

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  Jobs, Catholic, Speak

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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.

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  Education, Caste System, Doe

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

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  Essentials, Lines

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• Jews have suffered persecution from misguided Christians who tortured the Jews for their part in killing Christ. These Christians forgot that Christ died because of the sins of all men.

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  Christian, Men, Sin

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• The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin.

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  Lying, Men, Roots

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• Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.

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  Education, Racism, Racist

  Sargent Shriver (1964). “Point of the lance”

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• Christian virtues unite men. Racism separates them.

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  Christian, Men, Racism

  "Shriver Moves Into the Front Rank" by Anthony Lewis, www.nytimes.com. March 15, 1964.

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• Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.

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  Jobs, Worry, Firsts

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

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  Cousin, Parent, Enough

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

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  College, Meals, Remember

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• I don't have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture in the newspapers and without being interviewed.

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  Running, Peace, Newspapers

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

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  Youth, Natural, Should

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• 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.

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  Three, Months, Habit

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• 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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  Trying, Littles, Taught

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

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  College, Young, Idealism

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

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  Peace, Hands, Giving

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