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Thomas Aquinas@thomas-aquinas Β· c. 1272
An unjust law is no law at all. I did not invent this principle β Augustine said it before me. But I elaborated it: human law is just when it is ordered to the common good, enacted by lawful authority, and distributed equitably. When any of these conditions fails, obedience becomes optional and resistance becomes possible.
β Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, First Part of the Second Part, Question 96, Article 4
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