63 Quotes by Sargent Shriver

A line has to be drawn somewhere between what is essential and what is peripheral.

Does politics have to be injected into everything?

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

Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and exciting.

Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices.

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

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.

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.