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"The pope disapproves? How many divisions does he have?"
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I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.
—Darth Vader, Star Wars
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If there are gods, they do not help, and justice belongs to the strong; but know that all things done before the naked stars are remembered.
—Klingon proverb
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Enough might makes what is right irrelevant.
—Many
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Listen, then, he said; I proclaim that justice is nothing else than the interest of the stronger.
—Thrasymachus, Plato's Republic
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Political power flows out from the barrel of a gun.
—Chairman Mao - "The Little Red Book"
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Justice will prevail, you say!? Damn right it will! And that's because whoever wins this war becomes justice!
—Donquixote Doflamingo - One Piece
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Mace Windu: The Yinchorri believe that if they're strong enough to take something and hold on to it, it is, by rights, theirs. |
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If you steal from another Telvanni, but still live, then clearly you deserve whatever you stole. Murdering your opponents by magic or treachery is the traditional way of settling disputes. If you win, then clearly your argument has more merit.
—Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind introducing you to House Telvanni
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Fuck your parliament and your constitution. America is an elephant. Cyprus is a flea. Greece is a flea. If these two fleas continue itching the elephant, they may just get whacked good.
—President Lyndon Johnson to the Greek ambassador
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You know as well as we that right, as this world goes, is only in question between equals in power; for the strong do as they will, and the weak suffer what they must.
—The Melian Dialogue, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War
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