Might makes right

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"Might makes right" or "might is right" is an aphorism that asserts that having superior strength or power gives one the ability to control society and enforce one's own agenda, beliefs, concepts of justice, and so on.

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Image: Gustave Doré (1832-1883), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.