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To the victor go the spoils
Methali hii ya Kiingereza "To the victor go the spoils" inatafsirika pia kama "Mshindi ndiye anayechukua vyote" au "Mshindi hupokea nyara zote."

Mshindi wa shindano ndiye anayepokea tuzo. Huwa anachukua asilimia kubwa ya faida ama faida zote, na hata manufaa zaidi ya yale yaliyokuwa yakipiganiwa.

Katika vita, nyara zinaweza kuwa ardhi, mamlaka au rasilimali nyingine zinazotafutwa. Katika shughuli zingine nyara zinaweza kuwa sifa, pesa au fursa. Methali hii hutumika ili kueleza matokeo yasiyo sawa au kutukumbusha kwamba katika migogoro mingi ni mshindi ndiye atakayechukua yote, asilimia kubwa, au angalau, kupendelewa. Angalia sehemu ya vyanzo kwa maelezo ya muktadha kuhusu chimbuko la methali hii, mwanasiasa wa Marekani katika miaka ya 1830 (Kiingereza).
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/to_the_victor_go_the_spoils

Tafsiri kutoka: https://twitter.com/mariastsehai/status/840801851352199170

William Marcy, a US senator in the 1830s said "To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy," during a speech defending Secretary of State Martin Van Buren from an attack by Senator Henry Clay.
During debate on Van Buren’s nomination as Minister to England
His statement contributed to him being known as an advocate of the "spoils system," which refers to appointing friends and political supporters to positions of power.

Marcy later became governor of New York (1833–39), Secretary of War (under President James K. Polk, 1845-1849) and Secretary of State under President Franklin Pierce (1853–57).

As Secretary of State Marcy helped purchase southern Arizona and southern New Mexico from Mexico in exchange for $10 million. Occurring on December 30, 1853, the deal is known in US history as the Gadsen purchase, or in Mexican history as the sale of the Mesilla Valley (or the Treaty of La Mesilla), which was a negotiated by US minister to Mexico James Gadsen following the conquest of northern Mexico by the United States in 1848. The dispute was encouraged by US advocates of a southern transcontinental railroad. Residents of the territory were to receive the same protections detailed in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) which offered US citizenship and civil rights to those living in the newly acquired territory.

18 February 1832, Frederick (MD) Town Herald, pg. 2: (source)
Mr. Marcy, a senator from New York, in the discussion on Mr. Van Buren's appointment as Ministor to England (by Andrew Jackson), plainly avowed the creed of his party.
"It may be that the politicians of the United States (a mistake in the print we presume for the state of New York) are not so fastidious as some gentlemen are, as to disclosing the principles on which they act. They boldly preach what they practice. When they are contending for victory, they avow the intention of enjoying the fruits of it. If they are defeated, they expect to retire from office -- IF THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL, THEY CLAIM, AS A MATTER OF RIGHT THE ADVANTAGES OF SUCCESS. THEY SEE NOTHING WRONG IN THE RULE, THAT TO THE VICTOR BELONGS THE SPOILS OF THE ENEMY.

Brown University has additional history of William Marcy who graduated from Brown in 1808.

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