"Relations between States and within States are correct to the extent that they respect the truth. When, instead, truth is violated, peace is threatened, law is endangered, then, as a logical consequence, forms of injustice are unleashed. These form boundaries that divide countries far more deeply than the frontiers outlined on maps and are often not only external but also internal."
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Pope Benedict XVI, In Address to the International Diplomats Address to the International Diplomats (18 March 2006).
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