Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.

I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team.

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

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.

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.

I 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.