Peace Corps Quotes
42 quotes by 26 authors
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[T]he Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace…
— Camryn Manheim
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Peace Corps helps promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and non-violent co-existence among people of diverse cultures and systems of government.
— Sam Farr
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Who does Bill Clinton think got off the boat and stepped on Plymouth Rock? Peace Corps volunteers?
— P.J. O'Rourke
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I wish the Peace Corps and its volunteers continued success and perseverance. We are grateful for their contributions to society and dedication to providing assistance…
— Kenny Marchant
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I am proud to represent these men and women who empower people in developing nations and promote the Peace Corps mission of peace and friendship.…
— Kenny Marchant
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My mother went into the Peace Corps when she was sixtyeight. My one sister is a motorcycle freak, my other sister is a Holy Roller…
— Billy Carter
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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
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We have started something called the Corporate Services Corps. Now, it was modeled after the Peace Corps from long ago, the 1960s. And the idea…
— Ginni Rometty
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But if the life will not be easy, it will be rich and satisfying. For every young American who participates in the Peace Corps-who works…
— John F. Kennedy
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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
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The Peace Corps represents some, if not all, of the best virtues in this society. It stands for everything that America has ever stood for.…
— Sargent Shriver
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I have been thinking about joining the Peace Corps. That is something that I would absolutely love to do. I think that would be an…
— Lindsey Shaw
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Who has created more peace in the world, the Peace Corps or the Marine Corps?
— Dennis Prager
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Sometimes I thought of the Peace Corps as a reverse refugee organization, displacing all of us lost Midwesterners, and it was probably the only government…
— Peter Hessler
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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
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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…
— Sargent Shriver
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It's better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps.
— Edward Kennedy
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My mother went into the Peace Corps when she was sixty-eight.
— Billy Carter
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I graduated from college in Ohio and bummed around for a while, and then I joined VISTA, which was a domestic Peace Corps kind of…
— Mojo Nixon
Who Wrote These Peace Corps Quotes
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