It is neither just nor human so to grind men down with excessive labour as to stupefy their minds and wear out their bodies.
POPE LEO XIIIThe 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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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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The Rosary offers an easy way to present the chief mysteries of the Christian religion and to impress then upon the mind.
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It is shameful and inhuman to treat men like chattels to make money by, or to regard them merely as so much muscle or physical power.
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You are not to be looked upon as holding the true Catholic faith if you do not teach that the faith of Rome is to be held
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God is not only true, but Truth itself.
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Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.
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Catholics are born for combat.
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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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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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Peace is built on the foundation of justice.
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Not only, in strict truth, was marriage instituted for the propagation of the human race, but also that the lives of husbands and wives might be made better and happier.
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Moreover, Christians are born for combat, whereof the greater the vehemence, the more assured, God willing, the triumph: ‘Have confidence; I have overcome the world’
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Our own belief is that the renovation of the world will be brought about only by the Holy Eucharist.
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Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.
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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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