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Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about politics, example, world, society

Science can purify religion from error and superstition....

Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about science, religion, superstitions, error

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence...

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about justice, violence

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.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about god, stupidity, gifts

The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our...

The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about victims, cruelty, human imperfections

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about future

The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about family, independence, danger, pleasure, society, life, people

The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about history, country, experience

The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about question, man

The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about nation, children

The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about wealth, sacrifice, need, contentment

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about dignity, duty, word

There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about nation, silence, name, contentment, mother, people

To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about family, parents, children

Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about history, world, time

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about violence, problems, man

War is a defeat for humanity.

War is a defeat for humanity.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about war, defeat, humanity

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they...

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore prove ultimately futile.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about problems

What we talked about will have to remain a secret between...

What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about secret

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about liberty, purpose, conscience, humanity, rules, voice, wish, law, society, man

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