Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight.
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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.
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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.
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A line has to be drawn somewhere between what is essential and what is peripheral.
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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.
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Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices.
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