3 Eunice Kennedy Shriver Quotes for You to Enjoy

Eunice Kennedy Shriver

American Activist

Born: Jul 10, 1921

Died: Aug 11, 2009

Answer Family Saying Time White White House

People are always saying, what use are the retarded, on welfare, using up all our funds, and yet, where else is there every day a greater example of the triumph of the human spirit over adversity than these people? Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Saying Day Adversity Every Day People Welfare Example Every Else Our Spirit Triumph Retarded Over Greater Always Up Than Human Where Use Using Human Spirit Funds

The Chicago Special Olympics prove a very fundamental fact, the fact that exceptional children - children with mental retardation - can be exceptional athletes, the fact that through sports they can realize their potential for growth. Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Sports Athletes Mental Potential Fact Through Exceptional Prove Chicago Very Children Realize Special Fundamental Growth Olympics

I'm very happy doing what I do. And if I were in the White House I would be really interested in continuing to do what I do, which is working… That's a very cold answer, I guess, but I was trying to answer in terms of ambition. Eunice Kennedy Shriver