The fifth-century BCE political realist who said that "the strong do what they have the power to do and the weak accept what they have to accept" was:
Correct answer: A. Thucydides
- A. Thucydides
- B. Hobbes
- C. Ibn Kahaldum
- D. Machiavelli
Explanation
The statement comes from Thucydides' account of the Melian Dialogue during the Peloponnesian War, where Athenian power politics is starkly expressed. It is a classic illustration of realist thinking about power and coercion.
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