"The cure is care. Caring for others is the practice of peace. Caring becomes as important as curing. Caring produces the cure, not the reverse. Caring about nuclear war and its victims is the beginning of a cure for our obsession with war. Peace does not comes through strength. Quite the opposite: Strength comes through peace. The practices of peace strengthen us for every vicissitude. . . . The task is immense!"
From an address to Peace Corps volunteers reunion.
We are rarely as human beings, much less as Americans, graced with the presence of a soul posessed of such goodness coupled with the energy, courage, and drive to have that goodness make such a difference.
Head Start, Vista, and many of the other programs that he started and ran made a huge difference on our rez.
