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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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"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 or at apost in Germany than it will be with us."

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"Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?"

"The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it."

"I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs."
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