We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease.

I believe strongly in the Constitutional principle of separating church and state. Our founders were right in fearing that religious freedom would be threatened in the long run by a departure from governmental neutrality in spiritual matters.

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.

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

Christian virtues unite men. Racism separates them.

The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity.

In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape problems.