I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I have to, though, have the right to say that you're mistaken. This is the principal…

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The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.

The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.

John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate...

John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate...

Priests have to have the right to say that a sin is a sin.

Priests have to have the right to say that a sin is a sin.

The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the...

The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the...

For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact...

For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact...

If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the...

If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the...

No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto...

No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto...

Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if...

Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if...

I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults.

I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults.

On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental...

On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental...

One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration,...

One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration,...

The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no.

The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no.

I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right...

I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right...

The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state...

The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state...

That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those...

That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those...

The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result,...

The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result,...

Today's public opinion, though it may appear as light as air, may be tomorrow's legislation-for...

Today's public opinion, though it may appear as light as air, may be tomorrow's legislation-for...

Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to...

Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to...

In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I...

In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I...