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Abigail Van Buren Quote

The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

Abigail Van Buren

The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

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About Abigail Van Buren

Dear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights to the pen name.