The 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.

Christian virtues unite men. Racism separates them.

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

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

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

If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.

It is not what you get out of life that counts. It's what you give and what is given from the heart.