One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject of continuous democratic debate. — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes.… — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact that in the fight against Communism the recovery of… — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate that had accumulated in that region, in favour of… — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the family makes this great investment, from which we all… — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the protection of a male who takes care of them. — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if we believe that the human being should be at… — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults. — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along. — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state religion. It is an atheist, nihilistic religion - but… — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental social role, because it's there that children are born… — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no. — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
