Pope Leo XIII Quote

Quote from Pope Leo XIII,

"It is an injustice, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order,
for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate to itself functions
which can be performed efficiently by smaller and lower bodies."

By:	Pope Leo XIII (more quotes by Pope Leo XIII or books by/about Pope Leo XIII)
	(1810-1903)
Source:	The first principle against subsidiarity (giving away power) in the first ecumenical by Pope Leo XIII (and later recalled in papal encyclical 'Quadragesimo Anno' in 1931).
Categories:	Government, Independence, Individual Rights, Power, Responsibility, Tyranny, Usurpation
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