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There is a saying that the winners write the history books. People are generally more likely to want to talk about success rather than defeat. There are examples of heroic defeat in history, but it is far less common than the so called glorious victory.Yes, I do think the winners write the history books.

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the saying history is written by the victors means that if you won you killed everybody else so you can say what goes in the books

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