To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon them with tenderness and love is to open up a horizon of hope.

In a world like this, media can help us to feel closer to one another, creating a sense of unity of the human family which can in turn inspire solidarity and serious efforts to ensure a more dignified life for all.

Do good: we will meet one another there.

Today let us all ask ourselves whether we are afraid of what God might ask, or of what he does ask.... Do I truly let God into my life? How do I answer him?

Work is fundamental to the dignity of a person. . . . It gives one the ability to maintain oneself, one's family, to contribute to the growth of one's own nation.

I believe in the old warrior's credo that "to the victor go the spoils."

Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs.