Another key element of human ecology is the inviolability of human life, especially at its beginning and its end. The Holy See insistently proclaims that the first and most fundamental of all human rights is the right to life, and that when this right is denied all other rights are threatened. The assumption that abortion and euthanasia are human rights deserving legislative sanction is seen by the Holy See as a contradiction which amounts to a denial of the human dignity and freedom which the law is supposed to protect. A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
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Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
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When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.
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When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timourous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence a
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Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it is not in the strongest to deprive us of death.
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The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.
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The moral test of any society is how is treats its weakest: children, elderly, sick, needy and handicapped.
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Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest.
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I am a tainted wether of the flock, Meetest for death; the weakest kind of fruit Drops earliest to the ground, and so let me.
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They that are loudest in their threats are the weakest in the execution of them. It is probable that he who is killed by lightning hears no noise; but the thunder-clap which follows, and which most alarms the ignorant, is the surest proof of their safety.
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The noblest of men deserves not the weakest of women.
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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
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The weakest kind of fruit drops earliest to the ground.
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No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise.
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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed with circumstances that protect our human rights and our religious freedom, but for many people around the world, deprivation and persecution have become a way of life.
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The weakest and most timorous are the most revengeful and implacable.
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The weakest spot in any person is where they think themselves to be the wisest.
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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.
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Must I remind you that a chain is no stronger than its weakest link?
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The weakest Christians are those who know that they need to pray . . . and yet don't pray.
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The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.
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In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
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