For it seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.

[Nam mihi lex esse non videtur, quae justa non fuerit.]

Augustine of Hippo (354-430) Christian church father, philosopher, saint [b. Aurelius Augustinus]
On Free Choice of the Will [De Libero Arbitrio Voluntatis], Book 1, ch. 4, sec. 11 / 33 (1.4.11.22) (AD 388) [tr Williams (1993)]
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(Source (Latin)). Alternate translations:

A law which is not just does not seem to me to be a law.
[tr. Mark Pontifex (1955)]

For I think that a law that is not just is not a law.
[tr. Benjamin/Hackstaff (1964)]

For I think a law that is not just, is not actually a law.
[E.g.]


 
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