Solomon Ortiz Quotes

My mother went into the Peace Corps when she was sixty-eight.

The Peace Corps is an outstanding organization that promotes peace through helping countless individuals who want to help build a better life for the community in which they serve.

I have been thinking about joining the Peace Corps. That is something that I would absolutely love to do. I think that would be an incredible experience, so that's an avenue that I might want to look at.

To me, that's what the Peace Corps is all about - the impact that simple acts of service can have across borders, generations, and time. It's a lesson I carry with me every day.

In addition to serving overseas, the Peace Corps' Crisis Corps Volunteers have helped their fellow Americans.

We are in a time when the Peace Corps mission is more vital than ever, and the organization is at a 30-year high in the number of volunteers in the field. The Peace Corps is currently in 69 posts and serving 75 countries across the globe.

The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.

The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.

My parents were in the Peace Corps.

I wish the Peace Corps and its volunteers continued success and perseverance. We are grateful for their contributions to society and dedication to providing assistance where it is needed. May the Peace Corps continue its legacy of service, both at home and abroad.

I think I am typical in believing that the Peace Corps trained us brilliantly and then did little more except send us into the bush. It was not a bad way of running things.

My wife and I started a program called Bears Without Borders. We raise money and hire local artisans to make stuffed animals and distribute them in their communities.

I am proud to represent these men and women who empower people in developing nations and promote the Peace Corps mission of peace and friendship. These volunteers are making major strides to improve the lives of people and communities around the world.

Not many countries establish a prize for peace. The Seoul Peace Prize has its roots in the 1988 Summer Olympics when this country opened its doors to people and athletes from more than 160 countries. Korea did so in part because it believes in the power of sports for peace and development.

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

I don't have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture in the newspapers and without being interviewed.

A call to war can only take us so far. What we need now is a call to peace and service.

Who has created more peace in the world, the Peace Corps or the Marine Corps?

It's better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps.

If you help disabled children, it's very appealing. If you help kids with cancer, those are the things you get credit for and those things are beautiful. But when it comes to stopping violence or really putting the time into rebuilding schools, that's just a different kind of project. It takes more than just money to do that.

With Yele Haiti, the first thing was I'm proud of the organization and the work that the organization has done, and in the future hope to continue doing.

There's lots of charity stuff that I can do. There are actually a million things to do here, but it would be very hard for me to stop going overseas, because I've been doing that for longer than I've been playing in the WNBA.

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce and the diffusion of education, then upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.

No nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

Someone should tell the president that U.S. forces would need to be in Iraq for two to five years, and they will not have an easy time there.