Preston Brooks Quotes

• Whatever insults my state insults me.

  Preston Brooks

  Comeback, Insult, States

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• I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account.

  Preston Brooks

  Respect, Self, Should Have

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