Pope Leo XIII Quotes

Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.

Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature.

Catholics are born for combat.

Our own belief is that the renovation of the world will be brought about only by the Holy Eucharist.

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

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.

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.

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’

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.

Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.