Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, Sargent Shriver is a humanitarian, an advocate, a public servant, and a leader whose contributions to his country and his fellow man are immeasurable. Leading President Johnson's War on Poverty, Shriver ushered in many of the great society programs aimed at helping Americans better their lives. A list of programs Sargent Shriver started, defended, and expanded, and which remain in place today, are the Peace Corps, which in 1961 he helped organize and became its first director, Head Start, Job Corps, Legal Services, Upward Bound, Community Action, Foster Grandparents, and VISTA. Along with his wife Eunice, the founder of Special Olympics International, Sargent Shriver has nurtured the Special Olympics since 1968. A man of stellar character and tireless energy, Shriver was raised on a farm in Westminster, Maryland. He worked his way through college, graduating from Yale University, cum laude, in 1938, and Yale Law School in 1941. Shriver served 5 years in the Navy during World War II ending his service as Lieutenant Commander. Sargent Shriver worked to unite common concerns of the citizens of America and of the world. In 2001, during a speech at the 40th Anniversary of the Peace Corps Vigil at the Lincoln Memorial, Shriver stated: "Be servants of peace; work at home as you have worked abroad, humbly, persistently, intelligently. Weep with those who are sorrowful, care for those who are sick.…”