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

Quote by Rocco Buttiglione

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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.

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...

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...

I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give...

I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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 has a social function and so it should be sustained.

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality.

If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality.

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in...

One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in...

Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse...

Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...