Sargent Shriver Peace Institute - Sargent Shriver Peace Institute

Break Your Mirrors

In a 1994 address at Yale, Sargent Shriver gave this call to action: "Break Your Mirrors!" What did he mean, and how can we heed his call?

Learn More

We're on Spotify!

Join us on Spotify for music to inspire and celebrate peace, change, and justice.

Listen Now

Peace Corps

Sargent Shriver was the person President Kennedy turned to to make his grand vision of the Peace Corps a reality.

Learn More

War on Poverty

Lyndon Johnson asked Sargent Shriver to lead the War on Poverty. Sarge created a series of programs that continue to serve Americans today.

Learn More

Ambassador to France

In 1968, Sargent Shriver was appointed US Ambassador to France.

Learn More

Poverty Law

At attorney by trade, Sargent Shriver made legal services a priority in his work. He created and inspired programs to aid those with few legal resources gain justice.

Learn More

Civil Rights

Sargent Shriver believed that all men and women are created equal. He therefore fought for civil rights throughout his career.

Learn More

Power cannot be ignored in diplomacy. Power, properly used, can be a stimulant to peace; it can help insure peace; it can serve as a guardian of peace. But when power becomes its own end, when power becomes the purpose, then we have lost our way.

"Power, properly used ..."
Philadelphia, PA | October 4, 1972

Read & Search All Speeches

Blog

Jan 24

"Power, properly used ..."

by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute

Our Quote of the Week reminds us that political power can be effective in achieving peace, but can be a destructive force if accumulated for its own sake.Sargent Shriver spoke these words while he was candidate for Vice President in the 1972 US Presidential election. Running on the...

Quote of the Week 0

Jan 17

Martin Luther King Day and the "central moral problem of our republic"

by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute

Our Quote of the Week reminds us of the persistence of racism in our country. As we mark Martin Luther King Day, let us sit with this reality, and let us recommit to changing it. In 1963, an interfaith group of leaders from around the country, including Sargent Shriver and Dr. King himself,...

Quote of the Week 0

Jan 10

"This restless democracy of ours"

by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute

Our Quote of the Week resonates for us today as it must have for its audience almost 57 years ago. As we continue to grapple with the many health, economic, and social effects of the pandemic in the midst of acute political polarization, it is not an overstatement to say that we are in a moment...

Quote of the Week 0

View All Blog Posts

Sargent Shriver Peace Institute @RSargentShriver

@MarshallProj @MrJohnDukes1 John Dukes was a contributor to our Racial Justice Series last year. You can read his p… https://t.co/bphmJv3JEq

08/03/2021 8:26AM
| Reply | Retweet | Favorite
Sargent Shriver Peace Institute @RSargentShriver

@MarshallProj @MrJohnDukes1 John’s is one of the voices you can hear in the animated three-part documentary, “The Z… https://t.co/Hctdm6njHr

08/03/2021 8:25AM
| Reply | Retweet | Favorite
Sargent Shriver Peace Institute @RSargentShriver

We were excited to learn that SSPI community member, John Dukes, collaborated on a video project for @MarshallProj… https://t.co/uoCgVFHQf7

08/03/2021 8:24AM
| Reply | Retweet | Favorite

What's New

View the Archive

Break Your Mirrors

We're on Spotify!

Peace Corps

War on Poverty

Ambassador to France

Poverty Law

Civil Rights

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Blog

"Power, properly used ..."

Martin Luther King Day and the "central moral problem of our republic"

"This restless democracy of ours"

Sargent Shriver Peace Institute @RSargentShriver

Sargent Shriver Peace Institute @RSargentShriver

Sargent Shriver Peace Institute @RSargentShriver

What's New

AMERICAN IDEALIST

SARGE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SARGENT SHRIVER

A GOOD MAN