Might makes right in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “might makes right” in Hindi is जिसकी लाठी उसकी भैंस, pronounced jiskī lāṭhī uskī bha͠is . Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
What is right or wrong is determined by power and strength; power justifies itself.
Inherited from Middle English might is right, first attested in the 14th century. The concept is expressed by various classical authors; a similar argument is notably attributed to Thrasymachus by Plato in the Republic 340a (in Paul Shorey’s translation, “the advantage of the stronger is just”).
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