Beyond Virtue: The Duty To Remove A Tyrant Saint Thomas Aquinas provided a defense of disobedience to unjust authority, citing the Christian martyrs’ disobedience of Roman law and rejection of its authority. A gentle, peaceful man he stated that, in the face of tyranny, one has a duty to disobey the this-world-lawful authority. He then … Continue reading  III. Sic Semper Tyrannis  –  All In God’s Time