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Quotation from Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII

“remuneration ought to be sufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.”

Pope Leo XIII

Rerum Novarum, The duties of the State, on wages, trans. Anonymous (Benziger, 1903)

Portrait of Pope Leo XIII

The dictate of natural justice that Leo places above any bargain between employer and worker.

Citation: "remuneration ought to be sufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner." — Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum, The duties of the State, on wages, trans. Anonymous (Benziger, 1903). (id rerum-novarum-q6)

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

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