Catholic Church Quotes
The common good may sometimes demand that the right to own be limited by public involvement in the planning or ownership of certain sectors of the economy.
Catholic Church, U. S. Catholic Bishops, Pastoral Letter, Economic Justice for All: Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy, 1986
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The founder was Charles E. Coughlin, 1891-1979, a demagogic Catholic Priest who drafted the principles and invited others to join him. Hundreds of thousands did in this organization which began in idealism, and ended in scandal and hate mongering, so much so that Father Coughlin was ordered off the radio and out of politics by the Catholic Church. The National Union in 1936 had morphed into the Union Party which ran Presidential candidates in the 1936 election. The Coughlin and the Union were a mixture of Fascist and Socialist principles. The prohibition of private ownership of banks and utilities was one of the radical socialist notions.
This proverb describes a philosophy which is very different from traditional American values. Ironically, in Chinese History, both the right wing and left wing governments have espoused the philosophy implicit in this proverb. Both the Nationalist and Communist factions of the Chinese Civil War both demanded these values.
This is a very interesting quotation in that right wing parties are usually opposed to any kind of Government ownership and control of business and industry. However, Fascist parties have usually wanted to commandeer business and industry for the central purposes of the dictatorial state. The French National Front Party had its roots in the WWII French Vichy Government—which was allied with the Nazis to bring Fascism and racism to France.
The Catholic view on the subject varied from time to time, even with the same Pope. See {638558} for another quote from this Pope that gives a different point of view.
The Catholic view on the subject varied from time to time, even with the same Pope. See {360616} for another quote from this Pope that gives a different point of view.
This book became the basic English textbook on socialism. Astoundingly, it sold over 2 million copies at a time when few books other than the Bible ever sold in that quantity. The fact that it was so popular alarmed many of the more conservative politicians of the day.
This was the basic document issued after the Russian Revolution establishing the basic legal and economic structure of the new Soviet State.
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