I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.

Quote by Pope John Paul II

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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...

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything...

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything...

Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I...

Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I...

You can't kiss an oil well.

You can't kiss an oil well.

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

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.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in...

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in...

The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the...

The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the...

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...

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...

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...

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a...

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a...

The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away...

The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away...

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,...

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.

It is not credible that any one should possess so little understanding as to desire...

It is not credible that any one should possess so little understanding as to desire...

When you disarm your subjects you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or...

When you disarm your subjects you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or...

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and...

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and...

Faith is courage; it is creative while despair is always destructive.

Faith is courage; it is creative while despair is always destructive.