Thomas Aquinas:

It is lawful to kill a man who is an enemy of the commonwealth, even if he is not actually committing a crime.

— Thomas Aquinas Medieval

Catholic philosopher and theologian

Summa Theologica, Part II-II, Q. 64, Art. 3

c. 1265-1274

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