We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.
POPE LEO XIIIThe family was ordained of God that children might be trained up for himself; it was before the church, or rather the first form of the church on earth.
More Pope Leo XIII Quotes
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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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Peace is built on the foundation of justice.
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Books of apostates, heretics, schismatics, and all other writers defending heresy or schism or in any attacking the foundations of religion, are altogether prohibited.
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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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Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us, inflame our hearts with love of Thee.
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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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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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Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.
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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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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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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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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 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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Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature.
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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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