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" For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact that in the fight against Communism the recovery of Europe's Christian roots was the driving force. "
Communism
Fight
Roots
" I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I have to, though, have the right to say that you're mistaken. This is the principal of the liberal society. "
Think
My Life
Society
" 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 benefit, but for which no-one helps. We have to point the spotlight on the family, and make political choices that sustain the family. "
You
Political
Great
" I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right to think - without saying whether I think it or not - I have the right to think, along with the catechism of the Catholic Church, that homosexuality is morally wrong. "
Saying
Think
Church
" I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults. "
Nose
Sexual
Poke
" 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. "
Hate
Peaceful
Frustration
" No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference. "
Conscience
Hold
Difference
" One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject of continuous democratic debate. "
Society
Hierarchy
Debate
" 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 and the investment in children is the greatest investment a country can make. The benefits of this investment go to everyone. "
Investment
Think
Family
" Priests have to have the right to say that a sin is a sin. "
Priests
Right
Sin
" 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 the centre of society and the rights of every human being should be respected. "
Human Rights
Society
Believe
" That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those who have children and give less to those who don't have children. "
Children
Possible
Politics
" The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the protection of a male who takes care of them. "
Care
Children
Family
" The family has a social function and so it should be sustained. "
Social
Should
Family
" The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state religion It is an atheist, nihilistic religion - but it is a religion that is obligatory for all. "
Soft
Religion
New
" The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no. "
Past
Though
Others
" We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along. "
Values
Along
Come
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