Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.
POPE LEO XIIIWages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.
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The first law of history is to dread uttering a falsehood; the next is not to fear stating the truth; lastly, the historian’s writings should be open to no suspicion of partiality or animosity.
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But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds, therefore, requires, together with a perfect accord in the one faith, complete submission and obedience of will to the Church and to the Roman Pontiff, as to God Himself.
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No human law can abolish the natural and original right of marriage, nor in any way limit the chief and principal purpose of marriage ordained by God’s authority from the beginning: “Increase and multiply.
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It is not the part of prudence to neglect that which antiquity in its long experience has approved and which is also taught by apostolic authority.
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The liberty of thinking and publishing whatsoever each one likes, without any hindrances, is not in itself an advantage over which society can wisely rejoice. On the contrary, it is the fountainhead and origin of many evils.
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We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.
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The equal toleration of all religions…is the same as atheism.
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It is quite unlawful to demand, defend, or to grant unconditional freedom of thought, or speech, of writing or worship, as if these were so many rights given by nature to man.
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Divorce is born of perverted morals and leads to vicious habits.
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Once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor.
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Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good.
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We are convinced that the Rosary, if devotely used is bound to benefit not only the individual but society at large.
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There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return.
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People differ in capacity, skill, health, strength; and unequal fortune is a necessary result of unequal condition. Such inequality is far from being disadvantageous either to individuals or to the community.
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To suffer and to endure is the lot of humanity.
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