Quote by Sargent Shriver
The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance t

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

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Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and exciting. – Sargent Shriver

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Travel
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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

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Education
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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

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Health
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Military hardliners called me a security threat for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan. – Benazir Bhutto

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Peace

When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace. – Greg Kinnear

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Peace

That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two. – Shimon Peres

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Peace

By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians build a free society, I have no doubt that an historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians can be reached and that peace can prevail. – Natan Sharansky

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Peace

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Math is like love — a simple idea but it can get complicated. – R. Drabek

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