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Pacem in Terris

PT · Encyclical · John XXIII · 1963 · EN · 172 paragraphs · vatican.va ↗ · AAS 55, p. 257 ↗

Thus, for example, the right to live involves the duty to preserve one's life; the right to a decent standard of living, the duty to live in a becoming fashion; the right to be free to seek out the truth, the duty to devote oneself to an ever deeper and wider search for it.