If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college.

My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities.

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.

The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin.

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 would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.

As far as I was concerned, the Depression was an ill wind that blew some good. If it hadn't occurred, my parents would have given me my college education. As it was, I had to scrabble for it.