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Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear
God. Honor the king. |
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- St Peter, First Epistle 2:17, c.45 |
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By nature man is made superior to beasts, but
not to other men. |
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-St. Gregory I the Great, Pastoral Care,
c.590 |
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In accordance with the
teachings of the Gospel, the equality of men consists in
this: that all, having inherited the same nature, are called
to the same most high dignity of the sons of God, and that,
as one and the same end is set before all, each one is to be
judged by the same law and will receive punishment or reward
according to his deserts. |
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- Leo XIII,
Quod Apostoloci Muneris, December 28, 1878 |
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To stifle the opinions of
citizens, to reduce them forcibly to silence, is, in the
eyes of every Christian, an outrage on the natural rights of
man. |
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- Pius
XII, Address to the International Convention of Catholic
Press, February 18, 1950 |
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Every man has a right by nature
to possess property as his own. |
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- Leo
XIII, Rerum Novarum, May 15, 1891 |
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We must not be so insistent upon demanding
our rights as in discharging our obligations. |
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- Benedict XV, Letter to the Bishop of
Bergamo, 1920 |
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The Church teaches (She alone
has been given by God the mandate and the right to teach
with authority) that not only our acts as individuals but
also as groups and as nations must conform to the eternal
law of God. |
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- Pius
XI, Ubi Arcano Dei Consilio, December 23, 1922 |
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