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“Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Letter to Edwin Stanton (14 July 1864); published in Abraham Lincoln: A History (1890) by John Hay
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 566c80a7c3ac2cfde8d28e45a6d522c1cb0006c6a8f7cd5d372ae1bcfb086696
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