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Pope John Paul II Quotes about Freedom

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Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Pope John Paul II
Attitude, Freedom, 4th Of July
Pope John Paul II (1999). “Celebrate the Third Millennium!: Facing the Future with Hope”, Servant Publications

Once the truth is denied to human beings, it is pure illusion to try to set them free. Truth and freedom either go together hand in hand or together they perish in misery.

Pope John Paul II
Freedom, Hands, Trying
Pope John Paul II (1998). “Faith and Reason: Encyclical Letter Fides Et Ratio of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Relationship Between Faith and Reason”

Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. Let us instead begin by respecting true freedom: the resulting peace will be able to satisfy the world's expectations, for it will be a peace built on justice, a peace founded on the incomparable dignity of the free human being.

Pope John Paul II
Freedom, Justice, Expectations

Every scientist, through personal study and research, completes himself and his own humanity. ... Scientific research constitutes for you, as it does for many, the way for the personal encounter with truth, and perhaps the privileged place for the encounter itself with God, the Creator of heaven and earth. Science shines forth in all its value as a good capable of motivating our existence, as a great experience of freedom for truth, as a fundamental work of service. Through research each scientist grows as a human being and helps others to do likewise.

Pope John Paul II
Freedom, Science, Helping Others

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