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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 su

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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

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This quote is written / told by Preston Brooks between August 5, 1819 and January 27, 1857. He/she was a famous Politician from USA. The author also have 5 other quotes.

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