Who said winners write the history books

So, I have made certain assumptions. To an extent, this happens. Mercedes had to apologize for tweeting a quote of Dalai Lama after receiving a backlash form the Chinese. When new facts emerge, it gets revisited. The Wright Brothers, who were celebrities in their heyday, believed so strongly in their innovation that they never considered that they are crossing the line in enforcing patents. Such was their stature that they won every major lawsuit. Today, those actions are rightfully considered patent trolling.

Of course, the public view is still in their favor today. Promoting and mantaining a false image of the past would mean to oppress all the facts and mediums of free speech.

Most days, I find it difficult to contain my skepticism about that. Indeed, even those who say it tend to avoid claiming that history will be kind to Trump himself. Rather, they say that certain policies will be recognized as justified, or that individuals who sacrificed much to keep the White House on the rails will get some sympathy.

This may well be true. Still, if I had to bet, once Trump is out of power, the vast majority of administration memoirs will be self-serving and thus quite damning of Trump himself. On the other hand, something Cannato told me makes me think I could be wrong. The losers wrote separate histories of their own. After World War I, he notes, the Germans wrote their own version of events — about how they were stabbed in the back by traitors and Jews — which is one reason we got World War II.

Similarly, Japan lost the second World War, but they wrote their own history and have thus failed to address the legacy of imperial Japan. The culture war is not a civil war, but it shares a similar dynamic. Each side subscribes to wildly different narratives about the country and the times. I still think history will be very unkind to our current president, but it may take a very long time for that to be an uncontroversial opinion.

He was previously senior editor at National Review and lives in Washington, D. Editorial: Recall a city councilman one month and put him back in office the next? Column: Yes, Democrats have a messaging problem. But they'll let you use it—like a lightsaber, blasting obstacles to smithereens. An actor also says it at the end of some humorous Churchill quotes. If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back?

Here it is, on a scale of What do you think would happen if Charlie Brown said this to Lucy? You gotta have serious chutzpah to get away with this one. Quotes Shmoop will make you a better lover Source: Misquoted Speaker: Winston Churchill.