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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-brooks/but-if-i-had-committed-a-breach-of-privilege-it-was-the-privilege-of/)

[Preston Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-brooks/)

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## More by Preston Brooks

> [Whatever insults my state insults me,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-brooks/whatever-insults-my-state-insults-me/)

[Preston Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-brooks/)

> [But, sir, they have written me down upon the history of the country as worthy of expulsion, and in no unkindness I must tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-brooks/but-sir-they-have-written-me-down-upon-the-history-of-the-country-as/)

[Preston Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-brooks/)

> [But if I had committed a breach of privilege, it was the privilege of the Senate, and not of this House, which was violated.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-brooks/but-if-i-had-committed-a-breach-of-privilege-it-was-the-privilege-of/)

[Preston Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-brooks/)

> [If I desired to kill the senator why did I not do it? You all admit that I had him in my power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-brooks/if-i-desired-to-kill-the-senator-why-did-i-not-do-it-you-all-admit/)

[Preston Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-brooks/)

> [They had no right, as it seems to me, to prosecute me in these Halls; nor have you the right in law or under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-brooks/they-had-no-right-as-it-seems-to-me-to-prosecute-me-in-these-halls/)

[Preston Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-brooks/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-brooks/i-should-have-forfeited-my-own-self-respect-and-perhaps-the-good/)

[Preston Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-brooks/)

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