From Thucydides' Melian Dialogue: > […] the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. * https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_the_Pelopo

From Thucydides' Melian Dialogue: > […] the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. * https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_the_Peloponnesian_War/Book_5#5%3a89 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_the_Peloponnesian_... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Melos#The_Melian_Dialogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Melos#The_Melian_Dial... Unless the weak have someone strong guarding their back.