Small: There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silenc
Pope John Paul II
"There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping ones word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the pries
Pope John Paul II
"The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great
Pope John Paul II
"The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the
Pope John Paul II
"The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religiou
Pope John Paul II
"The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away wit
Pope John Paul II
"The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independen
Pope John Paul II
"The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: The future starts today, not tomorrow
Pope John Paul II
"The future starts today, not tomorrow"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery,
Pope John Paul II
"The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false a
Pope John Paul II
"Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an exam
Pope John Paul II
"Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness tha
Pope John Paul II
"Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them
Pope John Paul II
"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"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it
Pope John Paul II
"Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother.
Pope John Paul II
"I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing
Pope John Paul II
"I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin
Pope John Paul II
"I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose sta
Pope John Paul II
"Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no h
Pope John Paul II
"Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive
Pope John Paul II
"From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought
Pope John Paul II
"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song
Pope John Paul II
"Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live
Pope John Paul II
"As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded
Pope John Paul II
"An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat
"We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: Our people were very restive, saying that they could not sit under that notice, and that if the National Board
"Our people were very restive, saying that they could not sit under that notice, and that if the National Board did not call them out soon they would go out of themselves"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: I read upon the subject and grew more and more interested, and after a time I became a member of the National
"I read upon the subject and grew more and more interested, and after a time I became a member of the National Board, and had duties and responsibilities that kept me busy after my day's work was done"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to
"The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: After I had been working as a cap maker for three years it began to dawn on me that we girls needed an organiz
"After I had been working as a cap maker for three years it began to dawn on me that we girls needed an organization. The men had organized already, and had gained some advantages, but the bosses had lost nothing, as they took it out on us"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: We have tried you citizens we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers,
"We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: But every time the workers come out in the only way they know to protest against conditions which are unbearab
"But every time the workers come out in the only way they know to protest against conditions which are unbearable the strong hand of the law is allowed to press down heavily upon us"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: Then came a big strike. About 100 girls went out. The result was a victory, which netted us - I mean the girls
"Then came a big strike. About 100 girls went out. The result was a victory, which netted us - I mean the girls - $2 increase in our wages on the average"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: So we must stand together to resist, for we will get what we can take - just that and no more
"So we must stand together to resist, for we will get what we can take - just that and no more"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship
"I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: We have tried you good people of the public and we have found you wanting
"We have tried you good people of the public and we have found you wanting"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unio
"All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unionism is and our real position in the labor movement"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also
"You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: Of course, we knew that this meant an attack on the union. The bosses intended gradually to get rid of us, emp
"Of course, we knew that this meant an attack on the union. The bosses intended gradually to get rid of us, employing in our place child labor and raw immigrant girls who would work for next to nothing"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortunes darlin
"Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings"
Wislawa Szymborska, Poet
Small: This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile
"This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile"
Wislawa Szymborska, Poet