But, sir, they have written... by Preston Brooks, an American Politician

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“But, sir, they have written me down upon the history of the country as worthy of expulsion, and in no unkindness I must tell them that for all future time my self-respect requires that I shall pass them as strangers.”

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Preston Brooks

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Name: Preston Brooks

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Aug 5, 1819

Date of Death: Jan 27, 1857

Profession: Politician

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But if I had committed a breach of privilege, it was the privilege of the Senate, and not of this House, which was violated. I was answerable there and not here.

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