Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

My vision for Scotland is one in which we fight together for the values we are care about: equality, fairness and social justice. Those values are the same whether you live in Dumfries or Carlisle.

For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break!

A servant church must have as its priority solidarity with the poor.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

If you want peace work for justice.

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.

Ours is a nation of laws: of citizens who live under them and for the citizens who enforce them. So, to a community in Ferguson that is rightly hurting and looking for answers, let me call once again for us to seek some understanding rather than simply holler at each other. Let's seek to heal rather than to wound each other.

It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.

We want to live, love and build a just and peaceful society. We dedicate ourselves to working with our neighbors day in and day out to create this peaceful society.

I guess what I learned about myself is I'm a bit of a socialist; I want everyone on the set to get equal treatment and credit.

If you want peace, work for justice.

We stand for a nobler America; we stand for a broader liberty, a fuller justice; we stand for intelligent co-operation instead of reckless competition; we stand for mutual helpfulness instead of mutual hatred; we stand for equal rights as a fact of life instead of a catch-word of politics; we stand for the rule of the people as a practical truth instead of a meaningless pretense.

Let no more gods or exploiters be served. Let us learn rather to love one another.

Our Christian civilization will have to Christianize itself in a hurry. It will have to dedicate itself to the proposition that men are men before they are Englishmen, businessmen, workingmen, or Americans, and that all men are brothers.... This proposition, always popular on Sundays, requires the subordination of Americanism to Humanity.

If you have respect for people's rights, you will have peace.

The only possible alternative to being either the oppressed or the oppressor is voluntary cooperation for the greatest good of all.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

A call to war can only take us so far. What we need now is a call to peace and service.

Those words freedom and opportunity do not mean a license to climb upwards by pushing other people down.

So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity

We're not only cousins, but partners in peace.

Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division.

I love good and caring lawyers who are advocates, who are defenders, who are problem-solvers, and who are peacemakers.

Cooperation and respect for each other will advance the cause of human rights worldwide. Confrontation, vilification, and double standards will not.