"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."
- Sargent ShriverThe Peace Corps was one of the significant programs that Sargent Shriver, a prominent figure in American politics and social activism, founded. He said this to warn those who might consider joining the Peace Corps as a way to avoid serving in the military during the Vietnam War. The quotation highli…