The fact that God gave the whole human race the earth to use and enjoy cannot indeed in any manner serve as an objection against private possessions.
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.
More Pope Leo XIII Quotes
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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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Our own belief is that the renovation of the world will be brought about only by the Holy Eucharist.
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The equal toleration of all religions…is the same as atheism.
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God is not only true, but Truth itself.
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Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.
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It is an in, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order, for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate to itself functions which can be performed efficiently by smaller and lower bodies.
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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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Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own. This is one of the chief points of distinction between man and the animal creation.
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Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature.
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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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Inadequacy of his own strength, learned from experience, impels and urges a man to enlist the help of others.
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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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The present age handed over the workers, each alone and defenseless, to the unbridled greed of competitors… so that a very few and exceedingly rich men have laid a yoke of almost slavery on the unnumbered masses of non-owning workers.
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The twentieth century must be a century of the Blessed Sacrament if it means to be a century of resurrection and of life.
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It is neither just nor human so to grind men down with excessive labour as to stupefy their minds and wear out their bodies.
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