Remembering R. Sargent Shriver in Words and Pictures

"The idea which the Peace Corps represents—the American idea—is 'right in itself.' The Peace Corps society—free, open, believing that all men can find fulfillment in service to the commo

"These volunteers have already written a moral to a story that is still being told. That moral: 'A nation cannot require too much of its citizens if the cause is right.'"

National Convention

"When we speak of peace, we must speak also of justice. For peace is not only the absence of war. Peace must be more. We cannot, as Tacitus said, create a desert and call it peace. Peace must mean not only

"Politics in its full sense goes far beyond primaries or even general elections. The root of the word politics is polis—the Greek word for the City, or City State. A politician in ancient times was supposed

"Whether a person's working for civil rights or to combat disease and hunger here at home or abroad is irrelevant. The big thing is to be doing it some place."

Television interview with Frank Re

"It's a platitude to say that we can't exist as an island of plenty in a world of want, but it's true, and if any of you have any hopes about the world in which your children will live, whether it wil