Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if we believe that the human being should be at the centre of society and the rights of every human being should be respected.
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I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I have to, though, have the right to say that you're mistaken. This is the principal of the liberal society.Rocco Buttiglione
I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right to think - without saying whether I think it or not - I have the right to think, along with the catechism of the Catholic Church, that homosexuality is morally wrong.
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Well, politics is always based first on values, because the programmes derive from the values. So clarity on values is the base for politics.
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If instead one talks about the United States, there's a turning point. You know where you can find it In a film called Pretty Woman.
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The works are returning without an admission of guilt on the part of the Getty, but also without us withdrawing our accusations,
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We request ... the return of all the material that proves to have come from the illegal market,
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