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El día de su partida de los Estados Unidos en 1995, el Papa Juan Pablo II dijo:

La democracia necesita sabiduría, la democracia necesita virtud. La democracia sirve a lo que es verdadero y justo cuando vela por la dignidad de toda persona humana, cuando respeta los derechos humanos inviolables e inalienables y cuando hace del bien común el criterio final que regula toda la vida pública y social. [1]

Words of Wisdom

On his departure from the United States in 1995, Pope John Paul II said:

Democracy needs wisdom, democracy needs virtue. Democracy serves what is true and right when it safeguards the dignity of every human person, when it respects inviolable and inalienable human rights, and when it makes the common good the end criterion regulating all public and social life. [1]

Amplifying this thought, the U. S. Catholic Bishops wrote in 1998:

We encourage all citizens, particularly Catholics, to embrace their citizenship not merely as a duty and privilege, but as an opportunity [more fully] to participate in building the culture of life. Every voice matters in the public forum. Every vote counts. Every act of responsible citizenship is an exercise of significant individual power. [2]