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jmdict 2417950 Active (id: 2296100)
2417950 jmdict A [id=2296100]
勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍;勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍[sK]
かてばかんぐん、まければぞくぐん
[1][exp][proverb]
  might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong; 
  [lit] if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army



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