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Old 11-30-2011, 07:18 PM   #144 (permalink)
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Can someone explain this saying to me? It has never made sense. Perhaps I'm taking it too literally, but whether you win or lose has no bearing on objective historical facts and events.
It means that people who are successful are the ones who hold the power for what is recorded in history. Technically it should say "Recorded history is written by the victors" or something like that.
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