Secondly, I say then that the conqueror gets power only
over those who have actually assisted, allowed, or consented
to the unjust force that has been used against him. The
people •never had a power to do something unjust, such
as to start an unjust war; so they •can’t have given their
governors a power to do such a thing; so they •ought not
to be charged as guilty of the violence and injustice that is
committed in an unjust war except insofar as they actually
abet it