Sargent Shriver Zitate – Sprüche auf Englisch mit Übersetzung

Zitat des Tages von Sargent Shriver:

When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.

Do the job first. Worry about the clearance later.

Sargent Shriver

There is an alternative to war. It has been with us forever.

Sargent Shriver

I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.

Sargent Shriver

It wouldn't kill me if I were never nominated or elected to anything.

Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver

When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.

Sargent Shriver

One of the things Mr. Kennedy taught me was that in laying out a new project, you shouldn't try to cope with every little problem.

Sargent Shriver

Jews have suffered persecution from misguided Christians who tortured the Jews for their part in killing Christ. These Christians forgot that Christ died because of the sins of all men.

Sargent Shriver

Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down.

Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver

I hate goofballs.

Sargent Shriver

Christian virtues unite men. Racism separates them.

Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver

Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?

Sargent Shriver

My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.

Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver

It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant.

Sargent Shriver

It is well to be prepared for life as it is, but it is better to be prepared to make life better than it is.

Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver

I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system.

Sargent Shriver

Does politics have to be injected into everything?

Sargent Shriver

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.

Sargent Shriver

The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.

Sargent Shriver

The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should.

Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver

It is precisely our job as Catholics to speak the truth as plainly and precisely as we can.

Sargent Shriver

Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being.

Sargent Shriver

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.

Sargent Shriver

I can remember at college, living on 30-cent meals.

Sargent Shriver

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

Sargent Shriver