He was a slaveholder and strongly supported the Confederate cause, holding that history would vindicate his views.

I think history will vindicate that judgment.

But history has largely vindicated Shanker's role in the strike.

The day before his own death, Buchanan predicted that "history will vindicate my memory".

He was in no position to take credit for the plan, not yet, but history would vindicate his methods once the noble end had been achieved.

"Will history vindicate me then?"

He left claiming that history would vindicate him.

"Jim has to be satisfied that history will vindicate him," he said.

But history will vindicate my stand!

The subsequent history of harpsichord building has evidently vindicated Zuckermann's views, as authentically-oriented harpsichords now dominate the field.