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In her book “Hacks,” Brazile mostly delivers a campaign tale of a familiar sort: a score-settling and self-vindicating narrative.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2017

Quinn's recollections are as self-vindicating as those of an unsuccessful presidential candidate, but if one accepts her tale, she does have some grounds for griping.

From Time Magazine Archive

Luther's acts are self-vindicating; they will approve themselves to the discriminating judgment of every reader of history.

From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by Dau, W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore)

This self-vindicating epigram of Musset’s may be pronounced clever rather than satisfactory.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver