Thomas Aquinas:

It is lawful to kill a man who is a public enemy, even if he is not a combatant.

— Thomas Aquinas Medieval

Catholic philosopher and theologian

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

c. 1265-1274

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