( saying ) having the power to do sth gives you the right to do it :
Their foreign policy is based on the principle that 'might is right'.
( saying ) having the power to do sth gives you the right to do it :
Their foreign policy is based on the principle that 'might is right'.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005