Civil war Quote by Josh Radnor

History is written by the victors.

— Winston Churchill

History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders.

— Edna O'Brien

There has always been interest in certain phases and aspects of history - military history is a perennial bestseller, the Civil War, that sort…

— H. W. Brands

History is written by the victor

— Anonymous

I actually do think the history is so epic that it actually kind of writes itself.

— David Talbot

History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors' version is given prominence…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

Like many people who live in the South, I'm drawn to the history of the Civil War.

— Nicholas Sparks

Nothing will turn you into a Civil War buff like five years of reading. Some of the letters that people wrote from that time…

— George Saunders

Whenever you're trying to do a film in a genuine historical period, you do have to make sure that you get as much historically…

— Nicholas Sparks

History is written by the victors, but it's victims who write the memoirs.

— Carol Tavris

When you read a history or biography you are entitled to imagine that it is as accurate as the authors can make it. That…

— Nicholas Meyer

It has been said, "History is written by the victors." I take this to mean we can make ourselves victorious by writing, and then…

— Jennifer Beals