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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Who accepteth not the person of princes, and hath not regarded a tyrant, when disputing against the poor. The very mode of man's creation shews, how far he surpasses all things beside. For the reason which has been conferred on man proclaims how far a rational nature surpasses all things which are deficient in either life, or sense, or reason. …
Thomas Aquinas
In the third place he puts the rulers of cities when he says, "who does not discriminate in favor of the princes," so that he does not accuse and judge them for their sins. In the fourth place he speaks about tyrants who do not enjoy legitimate authority, but have usurped power, and as to them he says, "he did not know (approve) the tyrant (by deferring to him) when he (the tyrant) disputed against the poor man," as if to say: He does not favor the strong against the weak, which expresses his justice. …
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