Sentence examples for might does not from inspiring English sources

"Might does not make right," Senator Kennedy said tonight.

MIGHT does not make right, not even in Mikhail Gorbachev's Soviet Union.

He conveyed the earnestness and anxiety of the unlikely king, flush with dreams of a world where might does not make but is right, yet still in the thrall of his surrogate father, the wizard Merlyn (the actor Stacy Keach).

After Bogart died in 1957, Sinatra co-opted the term and applied it to his own circle of friends.FRED BENARIODecatur, GeorgiaNuclear securitySIR You say that military might does not give a country attention and respect (leaders, May 30th) and that "the world takes China seriously, however reluctantly, because of its economic might and commercial potential, not because of its military prowess".

Some complain that it offers even less value for money, having so far yielded only a dozen arrest warrants and indictments, all relating to Africa.The court's supporters argue its very existence has huge indirect benefits: signalling to wrongdoers all over the world that their misdeeds risk retribution and that might does not always equal right.

But military might does not stand alone.

"Might" doesn't put a roof over my head, sadly.

And installing exile leaders by American armed might doesn't seem a promising path to democratic stability.

Hence, might — at least American might — doesn't just "grow out of the barrel of a gun," as Mao Zedong famously had it; "it's the economy, stupid".

But might doesn't equal right.

A clean report might doesn't necessarily mean that it's safe to join.