I dont have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture in the newspapers and without being interviewed. – Sargent Shriver
The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity. – 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
As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadnt occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it. – Sargent Shriver