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1842 A. G. Comte de Saint-Priest Histoire de la Royauté II. v. ii. 42 L'histore est juste peut-être, mais qu'on ne l'oublie pas, elle a été écrite par les vainqueurs.]

1844 tr. L. Blanc in G. S. Smythe Hist. Fancies (ed. 2) 307 Vanquished—his history written by the victors—Robespierre has left a memory accursed.

1903 H. W. Thomas Hist. Doles-Cook Brigade p. ix It is an old saying, that the victor writes the history of a struggle.

1936 C. Delisle Burns in Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 46 419 The traditional belief in the benefits derived from war is supported by bad history, for all history is written by the victors!

1944 ‘G. Orwell’ in Tribune 4 Feb. 11/12 In each case you get a number of totally incompatible answers, one of which is finally adopted as the result of a physical struggle. History is written by the winners.

1995 C. Sagan Demon-haunted World xiv. 252 History is generally written by the victors to justify their actions, to arouse patriotic fervor, and to suppress the legitimate claims of the vanquished.

2011 Daily Mail (Nexis) 1 July If history is written by the winners, biography belongs to the survivors.