Americanism Quote by Pope Leo XIII

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

We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.

— Pope Leo XIII

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

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

God is not only true, but Truth itself.

— Pope Leo XIII

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

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

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

Peace is built on the foundation of justice.

— Pope Leo XIII

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

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

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