52 Quotes by Pope Leo XIII

Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own. This is one of the chief points of distinction between man and the animal creation.

No one is so rich that he does not need another’s help; no one so poor as not to be useful in some way to his fellow man; and the disposition to ask assistance from others with confidence and to grant it with kindness is part of our very nature.

They knew only too well the intimate bond which unites faith with worship, ‘the law of belief with the law of prayer,’ and so, under the pretext of restoring it to its primitive form, they corrupted the order of the liturgy in many respects to adapt it to the errors of the Innovators.

You are not to be looked upon as holding the true Catholic faith if you do not teach that the faith of Rome is to be held.

Remember and understand well that where Peter is, there is the Church; that those who refuse to associate in communion with the Chair of Peter belong to Antichrist, not to Christ. He who would separate himself from the Roman Pontiff has no further bond with Christ.

It is not the part of prudence to neglect that which antiquity in its long experience has approved and which is also taught by apostolic authority.

To suffer and to endure is the lot of humanity.

It is quite unlawful to demand, defend, or to grant unconditional freedom of thought, or speech, of writing or worship, as if these were so many rights given by nature to man.

Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good.