Then I get it, what it means. At least, for me. District 12 only has three existing victors to choose from. Two male. One female. . . I am going back into the arena.
I don't particularly have a good memory. I think history is many times just the text written by the victors. I wanted to counter that aspect.
To the victors belong the spoils.
The basic principle is that the losers have to confess, not the victors. When they do it, it's a crime. When we do it, it's not. And more generally, it's the defeated who are tried, not the victors.
The victors called the revolution a triumph of liberty; but now and then liberty in the slogans of the strong means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak.
Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.
Despair makes victims sometimes victors.
Even victors are by victories undone.
