Which political realist from the fifth century BCE famously stated, "The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must"?

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The quote originates from Thucydides, a fifth-century BCE historian and political realist, who emphasized the power dynamics between strong and weak states. Hobbes, Ibn Khaldun, and Machiavelli were influential thinkers but from different eras and contexts.

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Which political realist from the fifth century BCE famously stated, "The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must"?

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