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In what way?Athenian
That justice is “what benefits the stronger.”1.Clinias
Explain yourself more clearly.Athenian
This is how it is:—the laws (they say) in a State are always enacted by the stronger power? Is it not so?Clinias
That is quite true.Athenian
Do you suppose, then (so they argue), that a democracy
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