Pope John Paul II

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

Young people are threatened by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.

Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family — a domestic church.

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.