In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape… — Sargent Shriver Copy Share Image
Who does Bill Clinton think got off the boat and stepped on Plymouth Rock? Peace Corps volunteers? — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight. — Sargent Shriver Copy Share Image
I had never imagined myself, nor aspired to be, a member of a royal family. I wanted to be in the Peace… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it. — Sargent Shriver Copy Share Image
“The peace corps looks like peace corpse, and death isn’t a very peaceful thought to me.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
We applaud Congress for extending equitable abortion coverage to female Peace Corps volunteers. — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
I think the Peace Corps is a fine thing, don't you?" he said. "Well," I replied, "it's certainly better than War Corps. — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
The Peace Corps is an outstanding organization that promotes peace through helping countless individuals who want to help build a better life… — Solomon Ortiz Copy Share Image
I am proud to represent these men and women who empower people in developing nations and promote the Peace Corps mission of… — Kenny Marchant Copy Share Image
To me, one of the best faces America has ever projected is the face of a Peace Corps volunteer. That face symbolizes… — Teresa Heinz Copy Share Image
I moved straight from kindergarten ,at age 4, to graduate school to my position at Lake Forest ,at age 26. No break.… — Davis Schneiderman Copy Share Image
My record was so bad that I was first rejected by the Peace Corps as a poor risk and possible troublemaker and… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“She was a hippie teacher who worked in the Peace Corps in Nepal and had hairy underarms. Fucking gross. And that's just… — chelsea handler Copy Share Image
I want to warn anyone who sees the Peace Corps as an alternative to the draft that life may well be easier… — Sargent Shriver Copy Share Image
There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred - by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
Sometimes I thought of the Peace Corps as a reverse refugee organization, displacing all of us lost Midwesterners, and it was probably… — Peter Hessler Copy Share Image
When I was a kid about joining the Peace Corps. It said it was "the hardest job you'll ever love." This is… — Pat Benatar Copy Share Image
Groups like AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps, and other service organizations have a huge impact in the United States and around the world.… — Tae Yoo Copy Share Image
When I got on that plane, it was loaded with white people going to Africa for the Peace Corps. I got there… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
When I was in the Peace Corps I never made a phone call. I was in Central Africa; I didn't make a… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Lissa lowered her voice and added, "I might not even go to school anyway. I might defer and join the Peace Corps… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
[T]he Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Some taxpayers may object to a print journalism bailout on the grounds that it mostly benefits the liberal elite. And we can't… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“I have five flashlights and each performs its own trick. I have a raincoat with zippers and net material so I never… — Sarah Erdman Copy Share Image
“I remember reading about these primitive initiation rituals in school. They had one where they take the kid way out into the… — Tim Tharp Copy Share Image
“You don’t mention what you’d like to study, but I assure you there are many ways to fund a graduate education. I… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
While working in advertising, I channelled my creative energy into elaborate escape fantasies: cake making, dog breeding, the Peace Corps. — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
The time for me in the Peace Corps was easily the most formative experience I've had in my life. — Joe Kennedy III Copy Share Image
In addition to serving overseas, the Peace Corps' Crisis Corps Volunteers have helped their fellow Americans. — Solomon Ortiz Copy Share Image
Who has created more peace in the world, the Peace Corps or the Marine Corps? — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of… — Sargent Shriver Copy Share Image
The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“If every citizen should recite their national anthem daily, you will develop love to serve your country better.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be… — Camryn Manheim Copy Share Image
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Peace Corps as it reached its 45th anniversary on March 1, 2006. — Solomon Ortiz Copy Share Image
I don't have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture in the newspapers and without being interviewed. — Sargent Shriver Copy Share Image