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Assignment:
Identify which philosopher made the statements that follow:
Hobbes, Aristotle, Plato, Austin, Cicero, Aquinas, Bentham, Saint Augustine
1) "No positive law is legally unjust."
2) "The first precept of law is that good is to be done and pursued, and evil is to be avoided."
3) "Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies."
4) "No action can be unjust. But when a covenant is made, then to break it is unjust."
5) "I declare that justice is nothing else than that which is advantageous to the stronger. It follows that the just man disregards them (laws)."
6) "The purpose of law is to ensure the greatest good for the greatest number."
7) "Law is a natural force;it is in the mind and reason of the intelligent man, the standard by which justice and injustice are measured."
8) "If persons are not equal, they will not have equal share."
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