“History is written by the victors.”
Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) German literary critic, philosopher and social critic (1892-1940)
“The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors.”
It Is Later Than You Think: The Need for a Militant Democracy http://books.google.com/books?id=szVGoBq-dkEC&q=%22actually+The+so-called+lessons+of+history+are+for+the+most+part+the+rationalizations+of+the+victors+history+is+written+by+the+survivors%22&pg=PA255#v=onepage (1939)
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