Nicholas A. Christakis

It is the spread of the good things that vindicates the whole reason we live our lives in networks. If I was always violent to you or gave you germs, you would cut the ties to me and the network would disintegrate. In a deep and fundamental way, networks are connected to goodness, and goodness is required for networks to emerge and spread.

American Scientist

Judith Love Cohen

One thing that did happen to me, though - in high school, there was a club to help prepare people for scholarships and they wouldn't let girls take the class. But I studied for it, and that year I was the only one from the high school who got the scholarship. That was my vindication.

Anna Julia Cooper

It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.

American Educator

Corazon Aquino

If I fail to remove Marcos and vindicate the people's verdict by peaceful, nonviolent action, my methods will be discredited. And if anger persists, I will be marginalized, and others will take over leadership of the movement.

Statesman

Robert Emmet

Let no man write my epitaph... When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then shall my character be vindicated, then may my epitaph be written.

Irish Activist

Robert Walpole

IT has been observed by several gentlemen, in vindication of this motion, that if it should be carried, neither my life, liberty, nor estate will be affected.

British Statesman

Mary Todd Lincoln

Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated.

American First Lady

Asma Jahangir

She is absolutely inspiring. Malala is a vindication of our struggle.

Pakistani Activist

Ray Bradbury

I don't need to be vindicated, and I don't want attention.

American Writer

Anita Bryant

I believe in the long run, God will vindicate me.

American Singer

Used when evidence supports a previously doubted statement or belief.

Proving Rightness

Carries a feeling of satisfaction when someone's claims are proven correct.

Positive Emotional Charge

Focuses on truth being acknowledged rather than retaliating against others.

Not About Revenge

When new facts emerge that absolve someone from blame, not just doubt.

Removing Suspicion

Vindication can happen long after the initial judgement or accusation.

Not Immediate

Often used in legal or social contexts where a person's reputation is at stake.

Social and Legal Use

Highlights that a certain action was reasonable under the circumstances.

Justified Actions

Sometimes an action or idea is vindicated by future events or outcomes.

Future Validation

Can refer to moral or ethical actions being justified as right or necessary.

Ethical Reasoning

 Lincoln would finally be vindicated in 1860, when he was elected President of the United States, defeating in his own home state, a certain Northern Democrat, who was finally undone by the disastrous aftermath of the law he had masterminded. Americans today continue to debate

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 I was told in no uncertain terms that our nation's democratic process -- our elections -- could not be allowed to interfere with economic policies that were being implemented in Greece. At that moment, I felt that there could be no greater vindication of Lee Kuan Yew,

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 Egged on by other politicians, he continued to make outrageous accusations while distorting or fabricating evidence. Many citizens reviled McCarthy while others praised him. And when the Korean War broke out, McCarthy seemed vindicated. Once he became chair

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 That's my favorite scenario. So the organizers asked me to end with a bold speculation. My bold speculation is that I will be absolutely vindicated by history. And 50 years from now, all of my current wild ideas will be accepted as truths

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 were vindicated by Dr. Robert Koch, who isolated the cholera-causing bacterium. Koch developed a technique to grow pure cultures, and through a series of experiments, definitively proved that a specific bacterium directly cause disease.

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 And sometimes, you just have to take the risk. But it is so painful when you lose. And patience is really hard. But that reminds me of the second lesson. Even if vindication comes later, I realized how important the fight now is,

Vindicate