It is the victor who writes the history and counts the dead, and to the vanquished in such a struggle there only remains the dull memory of an unnumbered and unwritten sorrow.
William Butler (1838-1910) Irish British Army officer, writer, adventurer
Charles George Gordon, ch. 1 (1891)
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Loserism is when oppressed people sit around and think up reasons why they can’t do something. Well just do it. Thinking up reasons why you can’t is the Establishment’s job.
Florynce "Flo" Kennedy (1916-2000) American lawyer, feminist, civil rights activist
The Pathology of Oppression (unpub.)
Quoted in "Lawyer Flo Kennedy Enjoys Her Reputation as Radicalism's Rudest Mouth," People (14 Apr 1975).
There are two kinds of losers: (1) the good loser and (2) those who can’t act.
Lawrence J. Peter (1919-1990) American educator, management theorist
Peter’s People, ch. 8 (1979)
