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

Peace requires the simple but powerful recognition that what we have in common as human beings is more important and crucial than what divides us.

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

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.

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

Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.

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