might makes/is right

phrase

—used to say that people who have power are able to do what they want because no one can stop them

Examples of might makes/is right in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The ethic in some nations may be that might makes right, but not in the United States. — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026

In Washington, the president believes that might makes right, that the courts are simply speed bumps, not stop signs — that democracy is a nuisance to be circumvented. — Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026

The operation also reignited debate over whether Washington is reviving a world where might makes right. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026

Yet today’s trade policy represents a return to a form of power politics in which might makes right. — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2025

Angry, loud, sometimes violent protests against Jews and Israel do not prove that might makes right. — Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2025