Inadequacy of his own strength, learned from experience, impels and urges a man to enlist the help of others. — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
It is neither just nor human so to grind men down with excessive labour as to stupefy their minds and wear out… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own. This is one of the chief points of distinction… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
The present age handed over the workers, each alone and defenseless, to the unbridled greed of competitors... so that a very few… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
No one is so rich that he does not need another's help; no one so poor as not to be useful in… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
It is quite unlawful to demand, defend, or to grant unconditional freedom of thought, or speech, of writing or worship, as if… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
It is shameful and inhuman to treat men like chattels to make money by, or to regard them merely as so much… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Thoughtful men, with hearts craving the truth, have come to seek in the Catholic Church the road which leads with surety to… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
For when men know they are working on what belongs to them, they work with far greater eagerness and diligence. Nay, in… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
To this must be added that the hiring of labor and the conduct of trade are concentrated in the hands of comparatively… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
As Our Predecessors have many times repeated, let no man think that he may for any reason whatsoever join the Masonic sect,… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
The death sentence is a necessary and efficacious means for the Church to attain its end when rebels act against it and… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
To refuse any bond of union between man and civil society, on the one hand, and God the Creator and consequently the… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Everyone should avoid familiarity or friendship with anyone suspected of belonging to masonry or to affiliated groups. Know them by their fruits… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share
But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds, therefore, requires, together with a perfect accord in the one… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share
It is an in, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order, for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate to itself… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share
Books of apostates, heretics, schismatics, and all other writers defending heresy or schism or in any attacking the foundations of religion, are altogether prohibited. — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share
For when men know they are working on what belongs to them, they work with far greater eagerness and diligence. Nay, in a word,… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share
It is neither just nor human so to grind men down with excessive labour as to stupefy their minds and wear out their bodies. — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share
We have said that the State must not absorb the individual or the family; both should be allowed free and untrammelled action so far… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share
There are three influences which appear to Us to have the chief place in effecting this downgrade movement of society. These are-first, the distaste… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share
Moreover, Christians are born for combat, whereof the greater the vehemence, the more assured, God willing, the triumph: 'Have confidence; I have overcome the… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share
As Our Predecessors have many times repeated, let no man think that he may for any reason whatsoever join the Masonic sect, if he… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share
The first law of history is to dread uttering a falsehood; the next is not to fear stating the truth; lastly, the historian's writings… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share
It is clear that the main tenet of socialism, community of goods, must be utterly rejected, since it only injures those whom it would… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share
