Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.
Sargent ShriverThe Peace Corps represents some, if not all, of the best virtues in this society. It stands for everything that America has ever stood for. It stands for everything we believe in and hope to achieve in the world.
Sargent ShriverI 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.
Sargent ShriverThe only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity.
Sargent Shriver