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> [John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate that had accumulated in that region, in favour of a peaceful transition. This was, without doubt, something that changed European history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/john-paul-ii-above-all-managed-to-contain-the-huge-mass-of/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

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## Other authors on Paul Ii

## More by Rocco Buttiglione

> [I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/i-can-think-that-you-are-mistaken-but-i-have-to-be-ready-to-give-my/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

> [For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact that in the fight against Communism the recovery of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/for-europe-the-fall-of-communism-has-to-be-taken-into-account-and-the/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

> [Priests have to have the right to say that a sin is a sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/priests-have-to-have-the-right-to-say-that-a-sin-is-a-sin/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

> [John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate that had accumulated in that region, in favour of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/john-paul-ii-above-all-managed-to-contain-the-huge-mass-of/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/if-you-search-for-poverty-you-ll-find-it-often-in-the-family-why/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

> [The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the protection of a male who takes care of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/the-family-exists-in-order-to-allow-women-to-have-children-and-to/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/relativism-should-be-confronted-where-it-damages-fundamental-human/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

> [I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/i-think-the-state-shouldn-t-poke-its-nose-into-the-sexual-relations/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

> [We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/we-desecrated-the-traditional-values-but-new-values-didn-t-come-along/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

> [The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state religion. It is an atheist, nihilistic religion - but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/the-new-soft-totalitarianism-that-is-advancing-on-the-left-wants-to/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/on-the-other-hand-i-think-that-the-family-the-traditional-family-has/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

> [The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/the-past-was-more-christian-at-times-perhaps-in-others-though-no/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

> [One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/one-needs-to-know-what-the-hierarchy-of-values-are-from-which-one/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

> [No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/no-moral-conscience-is-one-thing-the-law-is-another-we-have-to-hold/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

> [The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rocco-buttiglione/the-family-has-a-social-function-and-so-it-should-be-sustained/)

[Rocco Buttiglione](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rocco-buttiglione/)

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