History Quote by Adam Burch

“History is written by the victors, which is certainly true, but it's also written by the wealthy and the literate.”

— Megan Smolenyak

“It is, as we know, the victors who write the history, especially when only the victors know how to write.”

— Neil MacGregor

“History is written by the victors, they say, but it seems to me that history is written above all by those who weren’t there,…

— Kapka Kassabova

“History is written by the victors,’ she said, ‘but the truth has a way of revealing itself.”

— Sebastien de Castell

“If history is written by the victorious, what if the victors lied?”

— Michael Duncan

“Be suspicious of history that is written by the conquerors.”

— Jack Gantos

“Human history is full of great men, great women, individuals, with the will for power - all of them with governesses like her.”

— Daniel Nayeri

“History immortalises both the names of the greats and the tyrants without making a distinction between them.”

— Aziz Hamza

“History is written by the victorious, the liars, the strongest, the most determined.”

— Kate Mosse

“You know the greatest lesson of history? It's that history is whatever the victors say it is. That's the lesson. Whoever wins, that's who…

— Anthony Doerr

“History belongs to the victors, legends to the people, fantasy to literature. Only death is certain.”

— Péter Esterházy

History is written by the victor

— Anonymous