Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Quote by Pope John Paul II

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Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an...

Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an...

Work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person...

Work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person...

You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion...

You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion...

To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each...

To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each...

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the...

The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the...

There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by...

There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by...

Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.

Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the...

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the...

What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I...

What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I...

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war,...

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war,...

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the...

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the...

War is a defeat for humanity.

War is a defeat for humanity.

I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.

I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy...

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy...

I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a...

I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a...

[I kiss the soil] as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a...

[I kiss the soil] as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a...

Kissing is a means of getting two people so close together that they can't see...

Kissing is a means of getting two people so close together that they can't see...

Always remember this: A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes...

Always remember this: A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes...