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Quotation from Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII

“For every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.”

Pope Leo XIII

Rerum Novarum, Against the socialist remedy, trans. Anonymous (Benziger, 1903)

Portrait of Pope Leo XIII

The thesis of Leo's argument for private property, followed by the contrast between man and the animals.

Citation: "For every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own." — Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum, Against the socialist remedy, trans. Anonymous (Benziger, 1903). (id rerum-novarum-q2)

Portrait: Papa Leone XIII (3x4 cropped), Braun et Compagnie, Public domain.

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