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17 de may. de 2024 · As we continue to mark the milestones of the 60th anniversary of the War on Poverty, we’re reflecting on Sargent Shriver’s belief that we do have the tools to abolish poverty. This week’s quote is from the Address to the National Farmers’ Union, an early speech
Hace 5 días · With Our Quote of the Week, we share a 1968 Memorial-Day reflection from Sargent Shriver’s time as US Ambassador to France. Shriver begins his Remarks at Suresnes American Military Cemetery and Memorial with these words, turning quickly from the duty of soldiers to the duty we all share towards our fellow human beings.
12 de may. de 2024 · It’s too bad Kurt isn’t with us to throw his hat into the ring for 2024. In the 1970’s, Vonnegut proposed “Lonesome No More” as a campaign motto to then Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sargent Shriver. The phrase would reappear as part of Vonnegut’s 1976 novel Slapstick; or, Lonesome No More!
10 de may. de 2024 · In this week’s speech, we encounter an 88-year-old Sargent Shriver praising the work of Community Action staff and volunteers 40 years after he had overseen the creation of the agencies.
11 de may. de 2024 · By the 1950s, a group of World Federalists wanted a voluntary “peace force” to work in developing countries. Also in the 1950s, Sargent Shriver suggested an adventurous people-to-people scheme to President Eisenhower — a plan for sending three-man political action teams to Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Hace 2 días · Eagleton had undergone electroconvulsive therapy as a treatment for depression, and he was replaced by Sargent Shriver after only nineteen days on the ticket. Nixon won the election in a landslide victory , taking 60.7% of the popular vote and carrying 49 states and becoming the first Republican to sweep the South , whereas McGovern took just 37.5% of the popular vote.
4 de may. de 2024 · At first, I failed to understand what he meant (especially with his delightful Austrian accent adding a unique charm to the word ‘mirror’) until he explained this phrase came from his father-in-law Sargent Shriver, when he spoke at my Yale Class of 1994 graduation.
