Written by the Winners/Quotes
"Of course history will be kind to me, for I intend to write it."
—Winston Churchill (Newsflash: he did. Literally.)
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"The victor will never be asked if he told the truth."
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"He who controls the past, controls the future; he who controls the present, controls the past."
—1984
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"Half of history is hiding the truth."
—Malcolm Reynolds, Serenity
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Elphaba, where I'm from, we believe all sorts of things that aren't true. We call it "history." |
There's an ancient Indian saying that something lives only as long as the last person who remembers it. My people have come to trust memory over history. Memory, like fire, is radiant and immutable while history only serves those who seek to control it. Those who would douse the flame of memory in order to put out the dangerous fire of truth. Beware these men, for they are dangerous themselves ... and unwise. Their false history is written in the blood of those who might remember it and of those who seek the truth.
—Albert Hosteen, The X-Files episode "The Blessing Way"
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"Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
—Sir John Harrington
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"Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral ground! Justice Will Prevail, you say?! But of course it will!! Whoever wins this war becomes justice!!!"
—Donquixote Doflamingo, One Piece
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"Historians in England will say I am a liar, but history is written by those who have hanged heroes."
—Robert the Bruce, Braveheart
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"Our history is nothing more than what the losers settle for!"
—The Death Eaters in A Very Potter Sequel
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"It is easy to rewrite history when the few who know the truth are unable to make themselves heard."
—Phantom, Last Scenario
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